SFI cost benefit tool
This tool helps you calculate the financial benefit of carrying out SFI26 actions.
It will show you how much income you can receive from selecting SFI actions and the net benefit once the associated costs have been subtracted.
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- Browse the available actions below
- Use the filters to narrow your options
- Select actions relevant to your farming operation
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Browse available SFI actions and select those that suit your farm. Use search and filters to find relevant actions quickly.
Showing 63 of 63 actions (plus 8 supplementary actions)
Maintain very low density in-field agroforestry on less sensitive land
Areas of interest: Agroforestry, Trees
Land type: Arable, Grassland
Maintain low density in-field agroforestry on less sensitive land
Areas of interest: Agroforestry, Trees
Land type: Arable, Grassland
Beetle banks
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Skylark plots (*minimum 2 plots)
Areas of interest: Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Nesting plots for lapwing
Areas of interest: Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Basic overwinter stubble
Areas of interest: Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Enhanced overwinter stubble
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Whole crop spring cereals and overwinter stubble
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Unharvested cereal headland
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Low input harvested cereal crop
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Cultivated areas for arable plants
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
12m to 24m watercourse buffer strip on cultivated land
Areas of interest: Flood prevention, IPM, Pollinators, Water availability & storage, Water quality, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
6m to 12m habitat strip next to watercourses
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Water quality, Wildlife
Land type: Arable, Grassland
Maintain dry stone walls
Areas of interest: Field boundaries
Land type: Arable, Grassland, Moorland & upland
Maintain earth banks or stone-faced hedgebanks
Areas of interest: Field boundaries, Flood prevention
Land type: Arable, Grassland, Moorland & upland
Pollen and nectar flower mix
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Winter bird food on arable and horticultural land
Areas of interest: Horticulture, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Grassy field corners or blocks
Areas of interest: Horticulture, IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable, Grassland
4m to 12m grass buffer strip on arable and horticultural land
Areas of interest: Flood prevention, Horticulture, IPM, Pollinators, Water quality, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Manage hedgerows
Areas of interest: Field boundaries
Land type: Arable, Grassland, Moorland & upland
Take grassland field corners or blocks out of management
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Grassland
Winter bird food on improved grassland
Areas of interest: Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Grassland
4m to 12m grass buffer strip on improved grassland
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Grassland
Flower-rich grass margins, blocks or in-field strips
Areas of interest: Horticulture, IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Companion crop on arable and horticultural land
Areas of interest: Horticulture, IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
No use of insecticide on arable crops and permanent crops
Areas of interest: Horticulture, IPM, Pollinators, Water quality, Wildlife
Land type: Arable
Manage grassland with very low nutrient inputs
Areas of interest: Soil health, Water quality
Land type: Grassland
Legumes on improved grassland
Areas of interest: IPM, Nutrient management, Water quality
Land type: Arable, Grassland
Legume fallow
Areas of interest: Nutrient management
Land type: Arable
Multi-species winter cover crop
Areas of interest: Horticulture, Soil health, Water quality
Land type: Arable
Herbal leys
Areas of interest: Nutrient management, Soil health, Water quality
Land type: Grassland
Manage rough grassland for upland breeding waders
Areas of interest: Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Grassland
Maintain weatherproof traditional farm or forestry buildings
Areas of interest: Historic & archaeological features
Land type: Arable, Farmyard, Grassland, Moorland & upland, Woodland & forest
Manage historic and archaeological features on grassland
Areas of interest: Historic & archaeological features
Land type: Grassland
Organic conversion – improved permanent grassland (*maximum of 2 consecutive years)
Areas of interest: Organic
Land type: Grassland
Organic conversion – unimproved permanent grassland (*maximum of 2 consecutive years)
Areas of interest: Organic
Land type: Grassland
Organic conversion – rotational land (*maximum of 2 consecutive years)
Areas of interest: Organic
Land type: Arable
Organic conversion – horticultural land (*maximum of 2 consecutive years)
Areas of interest: Horticulture, Organic
Land type: Arable
Organic conversion – top fruit (*maximum of 3 consecutive years)
Areas of interest: Organic
Land type: Arable
Organic land management – improved permanent grassland
Areas of interest: Organic
Land type: Grassland
Organic land management – unimproved permanent grassland
Areas of interest: Organic
Land type: Grassland
Organic land management – enclosed rough grazing
Areas of interest: Organic
Land type: Moorland & upland
Organic land management – rotational land
Areas of interest: Organic
Land type: Arable
Organic land management – horticultural land
Areas of interest: Horticulture, Organic
Land type: Arable
Organic land management – top fruit
Areas of interest: Horticulture, Organic
Land type: Arable
Variable rate application of nutrients
Areas of interest: Equipment & machinery, Horticulture, Nutrient management, Precision farming, Water quality
Land type: Arable, Grassland
Camera or remote sensor guided herbicide spraying
Areas of interest: Equipment & machinery, Horticulture, IPM, Precision farming, Water quality
Land type: Arable, Grassland
Mechanical robotic weeding
Areas of interest: Equipment & machinery, IPM, Precision farming
Land type: Arable
Create scrub and open habitat mosaics
Areas of interest: Flood prevention, IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Grassland, Scrub
Manage scrub and open habitat mosaics
Areas of interest: IPM, Pollinators, Wildlife
Land type: Grassland, Scrub
No-till farming
Areas of interest: Soil health, Water quality
Land type: Arable
Multi-species summer-sown cover crop
Areas of interest: Soil health, Water quality
Land type: Arable
Moderate livestock grazing on moorland
Areas of interest: Livestock management, Water quality
Land type: Moorland & upland
Low livestock grazing on moorland
Areas of interest: Livestock management, Water quality
Land type: Moorland & upland
Limited livestock grazing on moorland
Areas of interest: Flood prevention, Livestock management, Water quality
Land type: Moorland & upland
Shepherding livestock on moorland (remove stock for at least 4 months)
Areas of interest: Flood prevention, Livestock management
Land type: Moorland & upland
Shepherding livestock on moorland (remove stock for at least 8 months)
Areas of interest: Flood prevention, Livestock management
Land type: Moorland & upland
Manage ponds (*maximum of 3 ponds per hectare)
Areas of interest: Horticulture, Water availability & storage, Water quality
Land type: Arable, Grassland, Moorland & upland
Manage ditches
Areas of interest: Water quality
Land type: Arable, Grassland, Moorland & upland, Waterbodies, Woodland & forest
In-field grass strips
Areas of interest: IPM, Water quality
Land type: Arable, Grassland, Waterbodies
Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input
Areas of interest: Water quality
Land type: Arable, Waterbodies
Remove livestock from intensive grassland during the autumn and winter (outside SDAs)
Areas of interest: Livestock management, Water quality
Land type: Grassland, Waterbodies
Remove livestock from grassland during the autumn and winter (SDAs)
Areas of interest: Water availability & storage, Water quality
Land type: Grassland, Waterbodies
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Action related costs
- Assign relevant areas or lengths to the selected actions
- Indicative costs for the majority of SFI26 actions are provided with explanations
- These indicative costs may be overwritten to better reflect your individual situation
The costs provided are indicative and should not be taken as definitive costs for carrying out SFI26 actions on your farm.
Information is provided to explain the various components used to calculate the indicative cost.
These indicative costs may be used as a basis for you to calculate the actual cost you are likely to incur.
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