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The Sustainable Farming Incentive: choose from 23 actions that reward and support sustainable farming on your land.

Find out how SFI can work for you. 

The Sustainable Farming Incentive

The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) rewards farmers for farming practices that help produce food sustainably and protect the environment.

You can apply for an SFI agreement if you were eligible for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2022 or 2023.

Why you should apply for SFI

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Select your land type in the SFI filter tool for a list of compatible actions in SFI23.

It doesn’t commit you to anything, it’s free, and you can print the results.


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