OFC4: Organic conversion 바카라 사이트� horticultural land

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

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
Published
21 May 2024
Last updated
5 August 2024 바카라 사이트� See all updates
Land types:
Arable
Areas of interest:
Crops and Organic
Payment types:
Revenue

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

1 year 바카라 사이트� you can apply for this action for a maximum of 2 consecutive years to cover the period of organic conversion

How much you바카라 사이트檒l be paid

拢874 per hectare (ha) per year

Action바카라 사이트檚 aim

This action바카라 사이트檚 aim is that horticultural land used to produce vegetables or salad crops is converted from conventional management to organic management.

The purpose of this is to increase the overall area of land registered and managed as organic.

Where you can do this action

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

Land is not eligible for this action if you바카라 사이트檝e previously:

  • registered it with an organic control body
  • received organic conversion aid or funding for it

Eligible land

Eligible land type Eligible land cover Compatible land use code
Arable land used to grow horticultural crops Arable land Land use codes for horticultural arable crops
Permanent horticultural crops Permanent crops TC01
Permanent grassland where cultivation is part of the conversion plan Permanent grassland PG01

Eligibility of protected land

Land or features with protection 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 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 5.6聽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

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

Rotational or static action

For non-permanent horticultural crops grown on arable land this action is rotational. This means for the second year of organic conversion you can either:

  • move its location
  • do it at the same location

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

What to do

You must:

  • follow the organic conversion plan for the land entered into this action and associated livestock, as approved and signed off by your organic control body
  • comply with organic standards on land entered into this action from the start of organic conversion period until this action바카라 사이트檚 end date
  • complete organic conversion and register the land entered into this action as 바카라 사이트榝ully organic바카라 사이트� before this action바카라 사이트檚 end date

When to do it

You must do this action from its start date, throughout each year of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration until the land is registered as 바카라 사이트榝ully organic바카라 사이트�.

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:

  • a copy of the organic conversion plan approved and signed off by your organic control body
  • a valid organic certificate and schedule for all land entered into this action 바카라 사이트� this must cover at least the full period of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration

You must supply this 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 AHW1, AHW3, AHW5, AHW11, AHW12, BFS1, BFS2, BFS4, WBD3, AGF1, AGF2, PRF1, PRF2, PRF3, CAHL1, CAHL2, CAHL3, CAHL4, CIPM1, CIPM2, CIPM3, CIPM4, CNUM1, CNUM3, CSAM1, CSAM2, SOH2, SOH3
SFI 2023 actions AHL1, AHL2, AHL3, AHL4, IPM1, IPM2, IPM3, IPM4, NUM1, NUM3, SAM1, SAM2
CS options AB3, AB5, AB8, AB11, AB16, BE1, HS3, HS9, SW1, SW3, SW4, SW6, WD3, WT2
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

Updates to this page

Published 21 May 2024
Last updated 5 August 2024 show all updates

  1. 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. Rotational or static action - for non-permanent horticultural crops, this action is rotational. For permanent horticultural crops, this action is static.

  2. First published.

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