OFM3: Organic land management 鈥� enclosed rough grazing
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 you鈥檒l be paid
拢97 per hectare (ha) per year
Action鈥檚 aim
This action鈥檚 aim is that rough grazing is maintained under organic management.
The purpose of this is to:
- improve soil health
- increase biodiversity
- improve water quality
Where you can do this action
You can do this action on land located within 迟丑补迟鈥檚:
- registered as 鈥榝ully organic鈥� by a Defra-licensed organic control body
- in an enclosed land parcel that鈥檚 less than 15ha
- an eligible land type (as defined in section 5.1 鈥楨ligible land types for SFI鈥� 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
Eligible land
Eligible land type | Eligible land cover | Compatible land use code |
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Unimproved low input permanent grassland that鈥檚 rough grazing | Permanent grassland | PG01 |
Non-agricultural areas, such as scrub, scree, bracken and bog | Relevant non-agricultural land cover | Relevant non-agricultural land use code to match land cover |
Eligibility of protected land
Land or features with protection | Eligibility |
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SSSI area in a land parcel | Eligible 鈥� you must get SSSI consent before you do this action (read section 10.3聽鈥�SSSI 肠辞苍蝉别苍迟鈥� in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this) |
Historic environment features | Eligible 鈥� you must get a SFI HEFER before you do this action (read section 5.6聽鈥楲and with historic or archaeological features鈥� 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 action鈥檚 duration.
What to do
You must comply with the organic standards required by your Defra-licensed organic control body on land entered into this action.
When to do it
You must do this action from its start date, throughout each year of its 3-year duration.
How to do it
You must do this action in a way that meets the required organic standards.
Evidence to keep
You must keep a valid organic certificate and schedule for all land entered into this action 鈥� this must cover at least the full period of this action鈥檚 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 they鈥檙e done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 鈥榃hat to do鈥� and 鈥榃hen to do it鈥� to find out when this action must be done.
Scheme | Action or option codes |
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SFI 2024 actions | HEF5, CMOR1 |
SFI 2023 actions | MOR1 |
CS options | UP1, UP2 |
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 鈥楨ligible land in other funding schemes鈥� in the SFI scheme information for more details.
You can do one of the following supplemental actions on land entered into this base action:
- SPM4: Keep native breeds on extensively managed habitats supplement (50-80%)
- SPM5: Keep native breeds on extensively managed habitats supplement (more than 80%)
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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UPL1, UPL2, UPL3, UPL7, UPL8, UPL9 and UPL10 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 鈥楨ligible land types for SFI鈥� in the SFI scheme information. Eligible land - updated land type to unimproved 鈥榣ow input鈥� permanent grassland that鈥檚 rough grazing (which is defined in section 5.1 in the updated SFI scheme information). Eligibility of protected land - updated link to section 10.3 鈥楽SSI 肠辞苍蝉别苍迟鈥� in the SFI scheme information. Other actions or options you can do on the same area - added supplemental actions SPM4 and SPM5.
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First published.