AHW9: Unharvested cereal headland
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 사이트檒l be paid
拢1,072 per hectare (ha) per year
Action바카라 사이트檚 aim
This action바카라 사이트檚 aim is that there바카라 사이트檚 an open-structured, spring cereal crop which:
- is growing in strips or plots
- remains unharvested during the summer, autumn and winter months
The purpose of this is to:
- provide a summer food source for farmland birds and insects
- help establish a range of arable plants and other broad-leaved plants
- provide a habitat that바카라 사이트檚 present over the winter for insects and food for seed-eating farmland birds
Where you can do this action
You can do this action on agricultural land located below the moorland line that바카라 사이트檚:
- an eligible land type (as defined in section 5.1 바카라 사이트楨ligible land types for SFI바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information)
- registered with an eligible land cover on your digital maps
- declared with a land use code which is compatible with the eligible land cover
This is a 바카라 사이트榣imited area바카라 사이트� action. The total eligible area you enter into any combination of one or more of the 바카라 사이트榣imited area바카라 사이트� actions must not be more than 25% of the total agricultural area of your farm. Read section 1.3 바카라 사이트�SFI actions with a limited area바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information for more details (including a list of 바카라 사이트榣imited area바카라 사이트� actions).
Eligible land
| Eligible land type | Eligible land cover | Compatible land use code |
|---|---|---|
| Arable land used to grow spring cereal crops (not maize) | Arable land | Land use codes for arable crops or leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crops |
| Temporary grassland | Arable land | TG01 |
| Arable land lying fallow | Arable land | FA01 |
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 10.3바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트�SSSI 肠辞苍蝉别苍迟바카라 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 사이트�바카라 사이트楲and 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
Part of the available area in a land parcel.
Rotational or static action
This is a rotational or static action 바카라 사이트� this means you can either:
- move its location for the second and third years of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration
- do it at the same location each year of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration
What to do
You must establish a spring cereal crop (not maize) in strips or plots at a seed rate that바카라 사이트檚 reduced to a level that can reasonably be expected to achieve this action바카라 사이트檚 aim.
As long as this action바카라 사이트檚 aim can reasonably be expected to be achieved, you can:
- undersow a seed mix into the spring cereal crop
- use a blend or mix of cereals
Once the cereal crops strips or plots are established, you must manage them in a way that can reasonably be expected to achieve this action바카라 사이트檚 aim. This will usually mean keeping them until around mid-February in the year after establishment.
You must not apply the following to the strips or plots:
- any fertilisers, manures or lime
- insecticides after around mid-March
You must not apply herbicides apart from those containing the following permitted active ingredients:
- amidosulfuron
- clodinafop-propargyl
- fenoxaprop-P-ethyl
- pinoxaden
- tri-allate
It may not be possible for you to use these permitted active ingredients on all crops. It바카라 사이트檚 your responsibility to confirm whether herbicides are approved for use on the affected crop.
You can use an existing spring cereal crop strip or plot to get paid for this action if it:
- meets this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements
- is not already being paid for under another environmental land management scheme action or option, such as CS option AB7 (whole crop cereals)
When to do it
You must do this action each year of its 3-year duration.
If this action바카라 사이트檚 start date means it바카라 사이트檚 too late to establish the cereal crop, you must sow it within 12 months of this action바카라 사이트檚 start date.
In the final year of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration, you must do the action until the end of the winter months or this action바카라 사이트檚 end date whichever is earlier.
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
You may find it helpful to read the 바카라 사이트榓dvice to help you do this action바카라 사이트�, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
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
- photographs or 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 | OFC3, OFM4, SOH1, AGF1, AGF2, PRF2, PRF4, CIPM1, CNUM1, CSAM1 |
| SFI 2023 actions | IPM1, NUM1, SAM1 |
| CS options | HS3, HS9, SW5, SW6, OR3, OT3 |
| ES options | No ES revenue options |
| SFI pilot standards | No area-based SFI pilot standards |
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
Advice to help you do this action
The following advice may help you to do this action, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
Choosing a spring cereal crop
It바카라 사이트檚 up to you which spring cereal crop (not maize) to use for this action.
If you바카라 사이트檙e undersowing a seed mix into the spring cereal crop, you can sow it either:
- at the same time as the spring cereal crop, using a mix of cereal and companion crops (including pulse crops, such as field beans, lupins and combining peas)
- as a separate pass into the spring cereal crop
Undersowing the spring cereal crop with a flowering companion crop mix can provide flower and insect-rich foraging habitat for farmland birds and pollinator species.
If you바카라 사이트檙e using a blend or mix of cereals, it can include crops such as:
- barley
- oats
- red millet
- rye
- triticale
- wheat
- white millet
Choosing the right location
When you establish the spring cereal crop, by law you cannot cultivate or apply fertilisers or pesticides to land within 2m of the centre of a hedgerow. Read the guidance on Hedgerow management rules; buffer strips to understand how these rules apply to you.
You can do this action on most soil types, but it바카라 사이트檚 best to choose a location with low levels of thistles or problem weeds such as black-grass. This can help the beneficial arable plants in the soil seedbank to:
- grow without competition
- provide a range of valuable habitats during the growing season
It can also support the arable flora to:
- set seed during the early summer period
- retain the insect-rich habitat for foraging farmland birds
How to sow the crop
To help you achieve this action바카라 사이트檚 aim, you can sow your spring cereal crop strips or plots at a seed rate that바카라 사이트檚 either:
- around 50% to 60% of the normal seed rate
- to a maximum of around 100 kilograms (kg) per hectare (ha) 바카라 사이트� for barley, oats, rye, triticale and wheat it바카라 사이트檚 usually between 70kg and 100kg per ha for red and white millet crops it바카라 사이트檚 usually between 10kg and 15kg per ha
It may also help if you sow your crop with wider spacing (for example, between 20cm and 25cm) between the rows.
To minimise damage to plants and wildlife you can:
- avoid carrying out in-crop mechanical activities between May and harvest
- sow your crop by the end of April, where possible
Updates to this page
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Added detail to explain how Hedgerow Regulations may affect how a farmer does an action, and signpost to detailed guidance on the Management of Hedgerows Regulations.
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SOH4 removed from SFI 2024 actions.
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Where you can do this action - an eligible land type is defined in section 5.1 바카라 사이트楨ligible land types for SFI바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information. Eligibility of protected land - updated link to section 10.3 바카라 사이트楽SSI 肠辞苍蝉别苍迟바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information. What to do - you must manage the cereal crop strips or plots for a period of time that can reasonably be expected to achieve this action바카라 사이트檚 aim. This will usually mean keeping them until around mid-February in the year after establishment. Deleted 바카라 사이트榰ntil the crop is harvested바카라 사이트� for the prohibition on insecticide application and replaced 바카라 사이트榮ow바카라 사이트� with 바카라 사이트榚stablish바카라 사이트�. Other actions or options you can do on the same area - added SOH1 to SFI 2024 actions. Published voluntary advice to help you do this action, but it's not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
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