Environmental Stewardship schemes

At Future Farm, we have an Environmental Stewardship entry level/higher level stewardship agreement and a recently approved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement.

Our entry level stewardship agreement includes 96.56 ha of land.

Details of our current higher level stewarship schemes are below:

HE10 Floristically enhanced grass margin
HF4 Nectar flower mixture
HF12 Enhanced wild bird seed mix plots
HF13 Uncropped cultivated areas for ground-nesting birds - arable
HG7 Low input spring cereals to retain or re-create an arable mosiac
HK9 Maintenance of wet grassland for breeding

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Part 2A - Environmental Stewardship scheme parcel based options summary:

OPTIONS
RLR Field number	RLR field size (ha)	Code	Description	Quantity (ha/100m/no.)
SJ70191138	6.38	A13	Non payment option – permanent grassland for Article 13	6.38
SJ70191138	6.38	HK9	Maintenance of wet grassland for breeding waders	6.38
SJ70194153	24.89	EE9	6m buffer strips on cultivated land next to a watercourse	0.30
		HE10	Floristically enhanced grass margin	0.11
		HE10	Floristically enhanced grass margin	0.09
		HE10	Floristically enhanced grass margin	0.16
SJ70195301	10.59	EE9	6m buffer strips on cultivated land next to a watercourse	0.33
SJ70195301	10.59	EF1	Field corner management	0.30
SJ70197525	2.31	EF1	Field corner management	0.19
SJ70199627	15.93	EE9	6m buffer strips on cultivated land next to a watercourse	0.3
		EF1	Field corner management	0.29
		HE10	Floristically enhanced grass margin	0.08
SJ71181989	33.35	EE9	6m buffer strips on cultivated land next to a watercourse	0.41
		EF1	Field corner management	0.58
		EJ5	In-field grass areas	1

Part 2B - Whole farm, rotational, farm buildings and access base payment options summary:

Code	Description	Quantity (ha/100m/no.)
EA1	Farm Environment Record (FER)	96.56
EB2	Hedgerow management for landscape (on one side of a hedge)	2415
EB3	Hedgerow management for landscape and wildlife	450
EF6	Over-wintered stubbles	9.2
HF4	Nectar flower mixture	1.5
HF12	Enhanced wild bird seed mix plots	1.24
HF13	Uncropped cultivated areas for ground-nesting birds – arable	2
HG7	Low input spring cereal to retain or re-create an arable mosiac	8

SFI agreement

Our application for SFI has been approved and we have recently received our “Agreement Document”, which details the sum to be paid to the farm for delivering the SFI actions selected during the application process.

The below table sets out a summary of payments the farm is set to receive for complying with the agreement:

Summary of payments for SFI agreement:

Code	Description	Total area (hectares)/length (metres)	Payment rate	Total annual agreement grant payment
AHL2	Winter bird food on arable and horticultural land	0.62 HA	£853.00/ha	£528.86
AHL3	Grassy field corners or blocks	2.58 HA	£590.00/ha	£1,521.26
AHL4	4m to 12m grass buffer strip on arable and horticultural land	1.06 HA	£515.00/ha	£547.96
IPM1	Assess integrated pest management and produce a plan	N/A	£1129.00	£1,129.00
IPM3	Companion crop on arable and horticultural land	6.65 HA	£55.00/ha	£365.75
MPA1	SFI Management Plan	50 HA	£20.00/ha	£1,000.00
NUM1	Assess nutrient management and produce a review report	N/A	£652.00	£652.00
NUM2	Legumes on improved grassland	60.59 HA	£102.00/ha	£6,180.67
SAM1	Assess soil, produce a soil management plan and test soil organic matter	346.85 HA	£6.00/ha	£2,081.08
SAM1A	Assess soil, produce a soil management plan and test soil organic matter	N/A	£97.00	£97.00
SAM3	Establish and maintain Herbal leys	37.66 HA	£382.00/ha	£14,384.48
Total				£28,488.06