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Organic conversion – rotational land

SFI 2024 open_in_new View on RPA Website

£298.00

ha · year

format_list_bulleted What to do

  • 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.

schedule When to do

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’.

checklist How to do and evidence required

  • 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.

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OFC3: Organic conversion – rotational land - GOV.UK

Contents

  1. Duration
  2. How much you’ll be paid
  3. Action’s aim
  4. Where you can do this action
  5. Eligible land
  6. Eligibility of protected land
  7. Available area you can enter into this action
  8. Rotational or static action
  9. What to do
  10. When to do it
  11. How to do it
  12. Evidence to keep
  13. Other actions or options you can do on the same area as this action

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 – you can apply for this action for a maximum of 2 consecutive years to cover the period of organic conversion

How much you’ll be paid

£298 per hectare (ha) per year

Action’s aim

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.

Where you can do this action

You can do this action on agricultural land located below the moorland line that’s:

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

Eligible land

  • Eligible land type: Arable land used to grow crops
  • Eligible land cover: Arable land
  • Compatible land use code: Land use codes for arable crops or leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crops
  • Eligible land type: Temporary grassland
  • Eligible land cover: Arable land
  • Compatible land use code: TG01
  • Eligible land type: Arable land lying fallow
  • Eligible land cover: Arable land
  • Compatible land use code: FA01
  • Eligible land type: Improved permanent grassland, where cultivation is part of the conversion plan
  • Eligible land cover: Permanent grassland
  • Compatible land use code: PG01

Eligibility of protected land

  • Land or features with protection: Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs)
  • Eligibility: Eligible – you must get SSSI consent before you do this action (read section 10.3 ‘SSSI consent’ in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this)
  • Land or features with protection: Historic and archaeological features
  • Eligibility: Eligible – you must get a SFI HEFER before you do this action (read section 5.6 ‘Land with historic or archaeological features’ 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

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

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 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’.

How to do it

It’s up to you how you do this action, as long as you:

  • follow this action’s requirements – these are identified by a ‘must’
  • do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action’s 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 – this must cover at least the full period of this action’s 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’re done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read ‘What to do’ and ‘When to do it’ to find out when this action must be done.

  • Scheme: SFI 2024 actions
  • Action or option codes: AHW1, AHW3, AHW4, AHW5, AHW6, AHW7, AHW8, AHW9, AHW10, AHW11, AHW12, BFS1, BFS2, BFS4, BFS6, OFA1, OFA6, SOH4, WBD3, WBD8, AGF1, AGF2, PRF1, PRF2, PRF3, PRF4, SOH1, SOH2, SOH3, CAHL1, CAHL2, CAHL3, CAHL4, CIGL1, CIGL2, CIGL3, CIPM1, CIPM2, CIPM3, CIPM4, CNUM1, CNUM2, CNUM3, CSAM1, CSAM2, CSAM3
  • Scheme: SFI 2023 actions
  • Action or option codes: AHL1, AHL2, AHL3, AHL4, IGL1, IGL2, IGL3, IPM1, IPM2, IPM3, IPM4, NUM1, NUM2, NUM3, SAM1, SAM2, SAM3
  • Scheme: CS options
  • Action or option codes: AB3, AB5, AB6, AB7, AB8, AB10, AB11, AB13, AB14, AB16, BE1, GS3, HS3, HS9, SW1, SW2, SW3, SW4, SW5, SW6, SW11, SW13, WD3, WT2, OP1, OP2, OP4, OP5
  • Scheme: ES options
  • Action or option codes: No ES revenue options
  • Scheme: SFI pilot standards
  • Action or option codes: 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 ‘Eligible land in other funding schemes’ 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

Published 21 May 2024 Last updated 15 August 2024 + show all updates

  1. 13 August 2024

AHW4 and OFA6 added to SFI 2024 actions.

  1. 30 July 2024

Where you can do this action - an eligible land type is defined in section 5.1 ‘Eligible land types for SFI’ in the SFI scheme information. Eligibility of protected land - updated link to section 10.3 ‘SSSI consent’ in the SFI scheme information.

  1. 21 May 2024

First published.