WBD9: Nil fertiliser supplement
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
5 years
How much you바카라 사이트檒l be paid
拢156 per hectare (ha) per year
Action바카라 사이트檚 aim
This supplemental action바카라 사이트檚 aim is that no fertilisers or manures are applied on arable land or permanent grassland.
The purpose of this is to reduce the risk of nitrate loss into ground and surface water.
Where you can do this action
You can only do this supplemental action on eligible land that바카라 사이트檚 entered into one of the following base actions:
- WBD4: Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input
- WBD5: Manage intensive grassland adjacent to a watercourse
You cannot do this supplemental action on land that바카라 사이트檚 already entered into equivalent base actions in a Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreement. This includes:
- SW7: Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input
- SW8: Management of intensive grassland adjacent to a watercourse
Eligible land
Same as your selected base action.
Eligibility of protected land
Same as your selected base action.
Available area you can enter into this action
Same as your selected base action.
Rotational or static action
Same as your selected base action.
What to do
You must not apply any fertilisers or manures on the land entered into this supplemental action.
When to do it
You must do this supplemental action from its start date, throughout each year of its duration.
How to do it
It바카라 사이트檚 up to you how you do this action, as long as you:
- follow this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements 바카라 사이트� these are identified by a 바카라 사이트榤ust바카라 사이트�
- do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action바카라 사이트檚 aim
Evidence to keep
You must keep evidence to show what you바카라 사이트檝e done to complete this action, such as:
- field operations at a land parcel level and associated invoices (as relevant)
- photographs and other documentation
If it바카라 사이트檚 not clear that you바카라 사이트檝e 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 사이트檙e done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 바카라 사이트榃hat to do바카라 사이트� and 바카라 사이트榃hen to do it바카라 사이트� to find out when this action must be done.
| Scheme | Action or option codes |
|---|---|
| SFI 2024 actions | Same as your selected base action |
| SFI 2023 actions | Same as your selected base action |
| CS options | Same as your selected base action |
| ES options | Same as your selected base action |
| SFI pilot standards | Same as your selected base action |
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 사이트楨ligible 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
Updates to this page
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Duration 바카라 사이트� changed to 5 years instead of 바카라 사이트榮ame as base action바카라 사이트�. Where you can do this action - you cannot do this supplemental action on land that바카라 사이트檚 entered into SW7 or SW8. Eligible land - added 바카라 사이트榶our selected바카라 사이트� in relation the base action. Eligibility of protected land - added 바카라 사이트榶our selected바카라 사이트� in relation the base action. Available area - added 바카라 사이트榶our selected바카라 사이트� in relation the base action. Rotational or static action - added 바카라 사이트榶our selected바카라 사이트� in relation the base action. Evidence to keep - added 바카라 사이트榓s relevant바카라 사이트� to field operations at a land parcel level and associated invoices. Other actions or options you can do on the same area - added 바카라 사이트榶our selected바카라 사이트� in relation the base action.
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