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The Farming Investment Fund (FIF) provides grants to improve productivity, animal health and welfare and bring environmental benefits. FIF is made up of 2 separate funds:

• Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (for grants between 1,000 and 25,000)

• Farming Transformation Fund (for grants between 25,000 and 500,000)

Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2023

The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund provides grants for equipment and technology that supports improvements in productivity, slurry management and animal health and welfare.

The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2023 is now closed for applications.

For general information about the scheme, you can read the FETF 2023 manual.

For further information about support to improve animal health and welfare, you can read a summary of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway.

If youve received a Grant Funding Agreement for Animal Health and Welfare, you should check that your chosen items are available with your supplier and claim your money by midnight on 5 December 2023.

Claims for Productivity and Slurry have closed.

Farming Equipment and Technology Fund Round 1

The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund Round 1 is closed for applications.

FETFcontact details

For any questions about your claim, email FETFEnquiries@rpa.gov.uk or call theRPAhelpline on 03000 200 301 and select the option for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund.

Farming Transformation Fund (FTF)

This fund provides grants towards large capital items to help businesses improve productivity, profitability, animal health and welfare and environmental sustainability. There are 5 grants:

• Calf Housing for Health and Welfare
• Water Management
• Slurry Infrastructure
• Adding Value
• Improving Farm Productivity

Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 2

The Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 2 is available to pig, beef and dairy farmers whose farming systems produce slurry. You can apply for a grant to improve or expand your slurry storage capacity and to cover your stores. You must use the grant to meet the grant storage requirements (6 months for beef and dairy, 8 months for pigs).

The grant is competitive. If the grant is oversubscribed RPA?will prioritise projects that have the greatest environmental outcomes. You can apply for a grant between 25,000 and 250,000.

The first stage of the application process, the online checker, is now open for applications. If youre interested in making an application, please read the Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 2 guidance which will explain the information youll need to provide.

The online checker will close at 11:59pm on 17 January 2024.

Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 1

Stage 1 of the application process is now complete. RPA?informed applicants of the outcome of their applications at the end of March 2023.

If we invited you to submit a full application for your project, you must submit your forms and supporting evidence by 11:59pm on 28 June 2024.

Before you submit a full application for your project, read the guidance?about the Slurry Infrastructure grant.

Calf Housing for Health and Welfare grant

In 2023, grants to build new or refurbish existing calf housing will be made available for the beef and dairy sectors. The grant aims to improve the health and welfare of calves (up to 6 months old) by providing a good ambient environment and facilitating social contact through pair or group housing. The grant is part of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway.

The grant will be competitive, so the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will prioritise calf housing projects that have the biggest impact on animal health and welfare and have considered innovation and environmental outcomes. You can apply for grants of between 15,000 and 500,000.

For further information, read the Calf Housing for Health and Welfare grant guidance.

For further information about support to improve animal health and welfare, you can read a summary of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway

What happens next

The first stage of the application process, the online checker, is now open. The online checker will close at 11:59pm on Thursday 30 November 2023. If youre interested in making an application, please read the guidance which will explain the information youll need to provide.

For further information and access to the online checker, read theCalf Housing for Health and Welfare grant guidance.

Water Management Grant Round 2

Arable or horticultural businesses in England can apply for funding for projects that improve:

• productivity
• water sustainability
• the environment

You can apply for a grant of between 35,000 and 500,000 per applicant business.

The grant is competitive, so RPA will score your application against the funding priorities and award a grant to the highest scoring applications.

The Water Management Grant online checker is now closed. RPA is assessing the online checker applications received.

Find out what the Water Management Grant Round 2 will fund.

Water Management Grant Round 1

If we invited you to submit a full application for your project, the deadline for submitting applications was 30 November 2022.

You can find information about the grant in the Water Management Grant manual and the How to fill in a Water Management Grant full application.

Adding Value grant

The Adding Value grant is available for growers or producers to add value to eligible agricultural products after they have been harvested or reared. It is competitive, so the Rural Payments Agency (

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