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Between 3-50ha of agricultural land

This is what we’re calling the One Agreement Challenge.

Under the new structure, only one SFI26 agreement will be permitted per farm to enforce the £100,000 annual cap.

If you apply for SFI26 in June or September while your SFI24 agreement is still active, you may be restricted to a limited number of stackable actions. When your SFI24 agreement ends in 2027, much of that income could fall away. It is not yet clear whether you would be able to reapply freely at that stage.

If you wait until 2027, you may be able to apply for a full agreement without stacking restrictions. However, funding availability at that point is uncertain.

This is something we are actively seeking clarification on with Defra, and we will update as soon as we get more detail.

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With key management actions removed and income increasingly reliant on more complex delivery options, farms will need to understand the full range of available actions, including those less commonly used, to replace funding shortfalls.

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Most of the structural detail for SFI 2026 has now been released, including the two application windows, the £100,000 agreement cap, removal of the management payment, and confirmation that 71 actions will be available.

What we are still waiting on is confirmation of how much funding will be allocated to each window, and the final, detailed list of all available actions and payment rates.

Once that is published, we will have full clarity on how the scheme will operate in practice.

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Roads, farmyards, tracks, buildings and other non-agricultural areas do not count towards the 3ha minimum. This is consistent with how the RPA calculates eligible area.

If someone is close to the threshold, they should check their BPS eligible area on their Digital Maps, as that is the figure that determines eligibility.

No. If you already have CSAM1 or other management actions in an existing SFI24 agreement, you continue to deliver them under the terms of that agreement.

The changes apply to new SFI 2026 agreements going forward. However, when your current agreement ends or is reviewed, those removed actions will not be available in the same form under SFI 2026.

YES! £225m will be made available from July 2026 for capital grants. although this was used up in just 5 weeks last year, so again - don't delay!

A CS Mid Tier agreement does not prevent you from accessing SFI 2026 altogether. However, it does restrict access to the first application window.

Farms already in an existing ELM agreement, including Countryside Stewardship, will not be eligible to apply in the June window. You would need to wait for the September window to apply.

This makes timing and renewal planning particularly important for agreement holders.