In December, Defra published a detailed draft of 14 additional ‘endorsed’ options for SFI, that should be available to apply for in the summer of 2025. Currently, there is only one endorsed option available, which is GRH6: Manage priority habitat species-rich grassland. Details of this option were published in August 2024.
Five of the new options also relate to grassland habitats with two of these being ‘supplements’ to other options.
One is for wood-pasture / parkland,
One for traditional orchards,
One for high-value ditch habitats,
Three for sympathetic farming on scheduled monuments and
Three for coastal habitats.
Agreement times vary from three to five years depending on specific options. Full details are available in pdf format from SFI24-endorsed-actions-v1.pdf
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