CIPM4: No use of insecticide on arable crops and permanent crops

What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.

This is an action in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme: expanded offer for 2024. You must read the SFI scheme information to understand the scheme rules and how to apply.

Duration

3 years

How much you바카라 사이트ll be paid 

£45 per hectare (ha) per year

Action바카라 사이트s aim 

This action바카라 사이트s aim is that no plant protection products containing insecticide are applied on an arable crop or permanent crops.

The purpose of this is to:

  • support an integrated pest management approach by managing crop pests in a more sustainable way
  • improve water and air quality
  • increase biodiversity

Where you can do this action     

You can do this action on agricultural land located below the moorland line that바카라 사이트s:

Eligible land

Eligible land type  Eligible land cover  Compatible land use code 
Arable land used to grow crops (not temporary grassland or fallow land)  Arable land  Land use codes for arable crops or leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crops 
Permanent crops 바카라 사이트 horticultural and non-horticultural (not miscanthus)  Permanent crops  Land use codes for permanent crops

Eligibility of protected land

Protected land Eligibility
Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) Eligible 바카라 사이트 you must get SSSI consent before you do this action (read section 10.3 바카라 사이트SSSI consent바카라 사이트 in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this)
Historic and archaeological features Eligible 바카라 사이트 you must get a SFI HEFER before you do this action (read section 5.6바카라 사이트바카라 사이트Land with historic or archaeological features바카라 사이트 in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this)

Available area you can enter into this action

Total or part of the available area in a land parcel.

Rotational or static action   

For arable crops (including non-permanent horticultural crops) this action is rotational. This means you can either:

  • do it at the same location each year of this action바카라 사이트s duration
  • move its location for the second and third years of this action바카라 사이트s duration

For permanent crops, this action is static. This means you must do it at the same location each year of this action바카라 사이트s duration.

What to do 

You must not apply any plant protection products containing insecticide on land entered into this action, including:

  • insecticide seed dressings
  • nematicides and acaricides
  • other insecticides, such as silica insecticides and orange oil

You can apply herbicides, fungicides or plant growth regulators.

If the land is being used to grow arable crops (including non-permanent horticultural crops), you must do this action on one 바카라 사이트cash crop바카라 사이트 from when it바카라 사이트s sown until it바카라 사이트s harvested.

A 바카라 사이트cash crop바카라 사이트 means a crop grown to be harvested for commercial use.

For the purposes of this action, an arable crop includes:

  • combinable crops, such as cereals and oilseed rape
  • root crops
  • field vegetables and salad crops
  • soft fruit crops which do not occupy the land for 5 years or more and provide repeated harvests (also known as permanent crops)

You can choose which arable crop to do this action on, but it must not be:

  • a cover crop which you will not harvest for commercial sale
  • a short-term specialist crop, such as crops which are only in the ground for around 2 months

If something happens which means you cannot complete this action, you must tell the Rural Payments Agency about this in writing as soon as possible. Read section 13.2 바카라 사이트What you must do if you cannot comply with your agreement바카라 사이트 in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this.

When to do it 

For arable crops, you must do this action on at least one crop that바카라 사이트s sown during each year of this action바카라 사이트s 3-year duration. You can harvest it in a subsequent year of this action바카라 사이트s duration if you sow the next crop for this action in the same year.

This means you must do this action on a crop that바카라 사이트s sown during:

  • the first year of this action바카라 사이트s duration 바카라 사이트 you can harvest it in the second year of this action바카라 사이트s duration
  • the second year of this action바카라 사이트s duration 바카라 사이트 you can harvest it in the third year of this action바카라 사이트s duration
  • the third year of this action바카라 사이트s duration 바카라 사이트 you must do this action until you harvest the crop or this action바카라 사이트s end date (whichever is earlier)

If you바카라 사이트re already growing an arable crop on the land entered into this action when the action starts, you must do this action on a crop that바카라 사이트s sown within 12 months of the action바카라 사이트s start date.

For permanent crops, you must do this action from its start date, throughout each year of this action바카라 사이트s 3-year duration.

How to do it 

It바카라 사이트s up to you how you do this action, as long as you:

  • follow this action바카라 사이트s requirements 바카라 사이트 these are identified by a 바카라 사이트must바카라 사이트
  • do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action바카라 사이트s aim

You may find it helpful to read the 바카라 사이트advice to help you do this action바카라 사이트, but it바카라 사이트s not part of this action바카라 사이트s requirements.

Evidence to keep 

You must keep evidence to show what you바카라 사이트ve done to complete this action, such as:

  • field operations at a land parcel level and associated invoices
  • photographs or other documentation

If it바카라 사이트s not clear that you바카라 사이트ve done this action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve its aim, we may ask for this evidence. You must supply the evidence if we ask for it.

Other actions or options you can do on the same area as this action 

You can do the following actions or options on the same area in a land parcel as this action. Some actions or options can only be done on the same area if they바카라 사이트re done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 바카라 사이트What to do바카라 사이트 and 바카라 사이트When to do it바카라 사이트 to find out when this action must be done.

Scheme Action or option codes
SFI 2024 actions  AHW6, AHW7, OFA1, OFA6, OFC3, OFC4, OFC5, OFM4, OFM5, OFM6, SOH4, AGF1, AGF2, PRF1, PRF2, PRF3, PRF4, SOH1, SOH2, SOH3, CAHL2, CIPM1, CIPM3, CNUM1, CSAM1, CSAM2    
SFI 2023 actions  AHL2, IPM1, IPM3, NUM1, SAM1, SAM2  
CS options   AB2, AB9, HS3, HS9, OP1, OP2, OP5, OR3, OR4, OR5, OT3, OT4, OT5, SW5, SW6  
ES options  No ES revenue options  
SFI pilot standards SFI pilot arable and horticultural land standard 바카라 사이트 all levels
SFI pilot arable and horticultural soils standard 바카라 사이트 all levels
 

(*the other Arable CS options not contained in the table above prohibit the use of insecticides as part of the CS option, so cannot be located on the same area as CIPM4 as they바카라 사이트re either incompatible or you바카라 사이트d be paid twice for doing the same activity)

If an action or option cannot be located on the same area, you may be able to do it on a different area in the same land parcel. Read section 6. 바카라 사이트Eligible land in other funding schemes바카라 사이트 in the SFI scheme information for more details.

You can do the following actions or options on the eligible boundaries of a land parcel entered into this action:

  • SFI 2024 actions: CHRW1, CHRW2, CHRW3, BND1, BND2 and WBD2
  • SFI 2023 actions: HRW1, HRW2, HRW3
  • CS option BE3 (management of hedgerows)
  • the introductory level of the SFI pilot hedgerows standard

Advice to help you do this action 

The following advice may help you to do this action, but it바카라 사이트s not part of this action바카라 사이트s requirements.

Managing arable and horticultural crops without using insecticide

This action requires you not to use any plant protection products containing insecticide. Insecticides are used to control invertebrate pests.

You can check:

  • the product label to find out whether a plant protection product contains insecticide
  • the Health and Safety Executive website for

This action allows you to apply herbicides, fungicides and plant growth regulators. You can also use molluscicides, such as slug pellets.

As an alternative to using insecticide, you can use preventative measures or other control methods as part of an IPM approach. For example, you could:

  • create habitats for natural crop pest predators
  • use companion cropping to provide protection from crop pests

To create habitats for natural crop pest predators, you may be able to do the following SFI actions on a different area in the same land parcel as this action:

  • IPM2: Flower-rich grass margins, blocks or in-field strips
  • AHL1: Pollen and nectar flower mix
  • AHL4: 4m to 12m grass buffer strip on arable and horticultural land

To use companion cropping, you can do CIPM3: Companion crop on arable and horticultural land on the same area in a land parcel as this action.

You may find it helpful to do CIPM1: Assess integrated pest management and produce a plan to help you identify and discuss opportunities for using IPM with a BASIS qualified adviser.

Updates to this page

Published 21 May 2024
Last updated 15 August 2024 show all updates
  1. AHW7 added to SFI 2024 actions.

  2. Where you can do this action - an eligible land type is defined in section 5.1 바카라 사이트Eligible land types for SFI바카라 사이트 in the SFI scheme information. Eligibility of protected land - updated link to section 10.3 바카라 사이트SSSI consent바카라 사이트 in the SFI scheme information. What to do - plant protection products containing insecticide includes insecticide seed dressings. Published voluntary advice to help you do this action, but it's not part of this action바카라 사이트s requirements.

  3. First published.