SFI 2026 action

OFM3: Organic land management – enclosed rough grazing

Changed from SFI24: you enter the parcel's whole available area, measured as it stands when you apply, paid at £97 per hectare per year.

Changed from SFI24

Bottom 10 by uptake

Payment

£97 per hectare per year

Duration

3 years

Uptake in SFI23/24

£697 paid, 7 ha

What changed for SFI26

The following changes have been made to this action for SFI26 (compared with the SFI24 version):

you enter the parcel's whole available area, and that area is measured as it stands when you apply
minor updates to standard wording which appears in all area-based SFI actions

How many farms have this action in SFI23/24?

0 agreements

71st of 71

£697 paid

71st of 71

7 hectares

64th 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 rough grazing is maintained under organic management.

The purpose of this is to:

improve soil health
increase biodiversity
improve water quality

What you must 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.

Evidence to keep

You must keep 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.

Eligibility, land types and admin detail

Where you can do it

You can do this action on land located within a severely disadvantaged area (SDA) above the moorland line that’s:

registered as ‘fully organic’ by a Defra-licensed organic control body
in an enclosed land parcel that’s less than 15ha
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

Rotational or static

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

Read the full guidance on GOV.UK

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

UPL1, UPL2, UPL3

SFI 2024

CMOR1, HEF5, UPL1, UPL2, UPL3

SFI 2023

MOR1

CS Higher Tier, 2025+

CAGF1, CAGF2, CAGF3, CAGF4, CPAC1, CSP9, CSP13, CSP14, CSP15, CSP20, CSP21, CUP2, CWS1, CWS3

CS options

UP1, UP2

Environmental Stewardship

No ES revenue options

Planning an SFI26 application

Build the plan field by field, and see the clashes before you apply

SFI Shepherd adds actions to your fields from your RPA maps, flags conflicts with SFI and Countryside Stewardship agreements you already hold, tracks the 25% limited-area total across the whole holding, and exports a summary ready for the RPA portal. Draft as many versions as you like and compare them side by side.

See SFI Shepherd