What changed for SFI26
No substantive changes have been made to this action for SFI26 (compared with the SFI24 version). There have only been minor updates to standard wording which appears in all area-based SFI actions.
SFI 2026 action
OFC3: Organic conversion – rotational land
Requirements are unchanged from SFI24, paid at £298 per hectare per year.
Unchanged from SFI24
Payment
£298 per hectare per year
Duration
1 years
Uptake in SFI23/24
109 agreements, £1.8m paid, 5,980 ha
How many farms have this action in SFI23/24?
109 agreements
49th of 71
£1.8m paid
31st of 71
5,980 hectares
33rd of 64 hectare-based
Estimated payments in the 2025 calendar year, from Defra's CS and SFI release. These are agreements, not farms: one business can hold several, and Defra advises they cannot be summed across actions. Ranks compare the 71 actions that remain in SFI26, and area ranks only against actions measured in the same unit.
What the action involves
This action’s aim is that land managed as part of a crop rotation 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.
What you must 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 action’s end date
- complete organic conversion and register the land entered into this action as ‘fully organic’ before this action’s end date
When to do it
You must do this action from its start date, throughout each year of this action’s duration until the land is registered as ‘fully organic’.
Where you can do it
You can do this action on agricultural land located below the moorland line that’s:
- registered as ‘in conversion’ with a Defra-licensed organic control body
- an eligible land type (as defined in section 5.1.1 ‘Eligible land types’ in the SFI26 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
Land is not eligible for this action if you’ve previously:
- registered it with an organic control body
- received organic conversion aid or funding for it
Rotational or static
Not applicable – if you apply for this action for a second consecutive year you can either do it at:
- a new location
- the same location
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 – this must cover at least the full period of this action’s duration
You must supply this evidence if we ask for it.
What you can do on the same land
Actions and options you can put on the same area of a land parcel, by scheme.
SFI 2026
AGF1, AGF2, AHW10, AHW11, AHW3, AHW4, AHW5, AHW6, AHW7, AHW8, AHW9, BFS1, BFS6, CAHL1, CAHL2, CAHL3, CAHL4, CIGL1, CIGL2, CIGL3, CIPM2, CIPM3, CIPM4, CNUM2, CNUM3, CSAM2, CSAM3, PRF1, PRF2, PRF4, SOH1, SOH3, WBD3
SFI 2024
AGF1, AGF2, AHW1, AHW10, AHW11, AHW12, AHW3, AHW4, AHW5, AHW6, AHW7, AHW8, AHW9, BFS1, BFS2, BFS4, BFS6, CAHL1, CAHL2, CAHL3, CAHL4, CIGL1, CIGL2, CIGL3, CIPM1, CIPM2, CIPM3, CIPM4, CNUM1, CNUM2, CNUM3, CSAM1, CSAM2, CSAM3, OFA1, OFA6, PRF1, PRF2, PRF3, PRF4, SOH1, SOH2, SOH3, SOH4, WBD3, WBD8
SFI 2023
AHL1, AHL2, AHL3, AHL4, IGL1, IGL2, IGL3, IPM1, IPM2, IPM3, IPM4, NUM1, NUM2, NUM3, SAM1, SAM2, SAM3
CS Higher Tier, 2025+
CAB10, CAB11, CAB14, CAB16, CAB17, CAB18, CAB19, CAB2, CAB5, CAB6, CAB7, CAGF1, CAGF2, CAGF3, CAGF4, CGS25, CGS4, CHS3, CHS9, CSP13, CSP14, CSP15, CSP20, CSP21, CSP9, CSW13, CSW17, CSW19, CWD3, CWS1, CWS3, CWT2
CS options
AB10, AB11, AB14, AB16, AB3, AB5, AB6, AB7, AB8, BE1, GS3, HS3, HS9, OP1, OP2, OP4, OP5, SW1, SW11, SW13, SW2, SW3, SW4, SW5, SW6, WD3, WT2
Environmental Stewardship
No revenue options
Planning an SFI26 application
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