WBD7: Remove livestock from grassland during the autumn and winter (SDAs)

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™ll be paid

£115 per hectare (ha) per year

Action바카라 사이트™s aim

This action바카라 사이트™s aim is that, during the autumn and winter months, there바카라 사이트™s intensive grassland next to a watercourse, with:

  • no livestock on it
  • minimal waterlogging, compaction and poaching

The purpose of this is to:

  • improve soil structure
  • reduce surface runoff and risk of diffuse pollution to the watercourse
  • help to reduce the risk of flooding

Where you can do this action

You can do this action on agricultural land which drains directly into a watercourse (stream, river or lake) that바카라 사이트™s:

Eligible land

Eligible land type Eligible land cover Compatible land use code
Permanent grassland Permanent grassland PG01

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 사이트˜SSSI ³¦´Ç²Ô²õ±ð²Ô³Ù바카라 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˜Land 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 available area in a land parcel.

Rotational or static action

This action is static. This means you must do it at the same location each year of this action바카라 사이트™s duration.

What to do

You must remove all livestock from the land for the duration of the autumn and winter months. This will usually be from early October until mid-March.

For the purposes of this action, livestock includes cattle, sheep, goats, ponies and horses, as relevant.

You must keep a written record of grazing activity on each land parcel entered into this action to show you바카라 사이트™ve met the livestock removal period required by this action.

When to do it

You must do this action each year of its 3-year duration.

If this action바카라 사이트™s start date means it바카라 사이트™s too late for you to do this action, you must start doing it within 12 months of the action바카라 사이트™s start date.

In the final year of this action바카라 사이트™s duration, you must do this action until the end of the winter months, or this action바카라 사이트™s end date, whichever is earlier.

How to do it

It바카라 사이트™s up to you how you do this action, as long as you:

  • follow this action바카라 사이트™s requirements 바카라 사이트“ these are identified by a 바카라 사이트˜must바카라 사이트™
  • do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action바카라 사이트™s aim

Evidence to keep

You must keep written evidence that land entered into this action is prone to waterlogging, compaction or poaching. You can use the soil management plan produced for CSAM1 or SAM1 for this if it identifies this.

You must also keep the required written record of grazing activity.

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™re done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 바카라 사이트˜What to do바카라 사이트™ and 바카라 사이트˜When to do it바카라 사이트™ to find out when this action must be done.

Scheme Action or option codes
SFI 2024 actions OFC1, OFC2, OFM1, OFM2, AGF1, AGF2, PRF1, PRF2, CIGL3, CIPM1, CNUM1, CSAM1
SFI 2023 actions IPM1, NUM1, IGL3, SAM1
CS options SW16, OR1, OR2, OT1, OT2
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˜Eligible 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˜Eligible land types for SFI바카라 사이트™ in the SFI scheme information. Eligibility of protected land - updated link to section 10.3 바카라 사이트˜SSSI ³¦´Ç²Ô²õ±ð²Ô³Ù바카라 사이트™ in the SFI scheme information.

  2. First published.