Deadline: 7-Jan-22
The Rural Payments Agency has launched the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) to provide investment towards specific items of equipment which will improve productivity and efficiency for farming, horticultural and forestry businesses.
This fund provides grants towards the cost of equipment and technology to improve the productivity of farms in a sustainable way.
What the grant is for?
The grant is a contribution towards the cost of buying new technology or equipment. The Items available to apply for have been identified following consultation with industry groups and suppliers, to help:
- Improve agricultural productivity
- Contribute to improved Animal Health and Welfare
- Encourage more sustainable pesticide usage
- Improve air and water quality
- Reduce GHG emissions in line with Net Zero targets
- Reduce unsustainable use of abstracted water
- Encourage sustainable management of woodlands
Funding Information
Grants between £2,000 and £25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Farmers, horticulturalists, and forestry owners in England can apply. Contractors can also apply if they have a registered business address in England. Contractors are defined as a business (including a sole trader) that carries out an agricultural, horticultural or forestry activity as a service.
- The following are not eligible to receive the grant:
- non-departmental public bodies including local authorities
- Crown bodies
- You must not apply for a grant for any Items that you have already received public funding for.
- Examples of previous schemes funding similar Items are:
- the Fruit and Vegetables Producer Organisation Operational Programme or any RDPE grant including Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG), Countryside Productivity large grant, the Growth Programme, LEADER, Farming Recovery Fund, Cumbria Countryside Access Fund and Countryside Stewardship.
- You must not buy your Items from a supplier who you or your business are part of or linked to in any way.
- Any monies from the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund grant scheme must not be used to cross-subsidise any related, linked, parent, subsidiary, partnership, joint venture businesses or operations based in Northern Ireland. Funds from this grant will solely be used for the purposes of England business operations only.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/guidance/farming-investment-fund