GRH11: Cattle grazing supplement (non-moorland)
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聽
拢59 per hectare (ha) per year
Action바카라 사이트檚 aim聽
This action바카라 사이트檚 aim is that an annual average of at least 60% of the grazing livestock units (GLU) on the grassland are cattle.
The purpose of this is to:
- create a more varied sward structure
- control scrub, bracken and coarse vegetation
- increase wildlife diversity
Where you can do this action聽聽聽聽聽
You can only do this supplemental action on eligible land that바카라 사이트檚 entered into one of the following base actions:
- CLIG3: Manage grassland with very low nutrient inputs바카라 사이트�(or LIG1 and LIG2 in the SFI 2023 offer)바카라 사이트�
- GRH1: Manage rough grazing for birds
- GRH6: Manage priority habitat species-rich grassland
You cannot do this action on land that바카라 사이트檚 already entered into the following equivalent base actions in a Countryside Stewardship agreement:
- GS2 (permanent grassland with very low inputs 바카라 사이트� outside SDAs) or GS5 (permanent grassland with very low inputs 바카라 사이트� SDAs)
- UP2 (management of rough grazing for birds)
Eligibility of protected land
| Protected land | Eligibility |
|---|---|
| Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) | Same as your selected base action |
| Historic and archaeological features | Same as your selected base action |
Available area you can enter into this action
Same as or less than your selected base action.
Rotational or static action聽
This action is rotational or static. This means you can either:
- move its location around the land entered into the relevant base action 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聽
Each year, an average of at least 60% of the GLU on land entered into the relevant base action must be cattle.
You must keep a written stocking record for each land parcel entered into this action. The record must include:
- the land parcel reference number and its hectarage
- the dates when grazing has taken place during each calendar month
- the monthly numbers of livestock, including their type and age bracket
To convert livestock numbers into GLU, you must use the following values:
- Cattle over 2 years old at the start of an agreement year 바카라 사이트撀�1.0聽GLU
- Cattle over 6 months to 2 years old at the start of an agreement year聽바카라 사이트� 0.6聽GLU
- Lowland ewe and lamb, or ram聽바카라 사이트� 0.12聽GLU
- Store lamb, hill ewe and lamb or hogg or teg 바카라 사이트� 0.08聽GLU
- Goat聽바카라 사이트� 0.12 GLU
- Pony or donkey聽바카라 사이트� 0.8聽GLU
- Horse聽바카라 사이트� 1.0 GLU
Read the 바카라 사이트榓dvice to help you do this action바카라 사이트� to find out how to calculate the livestock density.
When to do it聽
You must do this action each year of its duration.
How to do it聽
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聽
You must keep the required stocking record and supply this evidence if we ask for it. It can be recorded on paper or electronically.
Other actions or options you can do on the same area as this action聽
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 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.
Advice to help you do this action聽
The following advice may help you to do this action, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
Cattle breeds
You can choose what breed of cattle you use to graze your land for this action.
It may be helpful to use:
- cattle with low nutritional requirements (such as dry suckler cows) for sites with fibrous herbage
- mature, placid cattle are best suited for sites where there are ground-nesting birds, as they can reduce the risk of trampling
Timing of grazing
You can graze different habitat types at different times of year, with a range of cattle numbers (as long as you do not exceed the average GLU required by this action).
Updates to this page
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Duration - 5 years instead of 바카라 사이트榮ame as base action바카라 사이트�. Where you can do this action - added LIG1 and LIG2 as base actions. You cannot do this supplemental action on land in GS2 and GS5. Eligibility of protected land - added 바카라 사이트榶our selected바카라 사이트� in relation to the base action. Available area - same or less than your selected base action. Other actions or options you can do on the same area - added 바카라 사이트榶our selected바카라 사이트� in relation to the base action. Published voluntary advice to help you do this action, but it's not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.
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