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Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) works with farmers and partners across England to produce food in a way that protects:

• water
• air
• soil

Your CSF adviser (CSFA) is locally based with an understanding of the challenges farmers face. They will work with you to take the latest advice and tailor it to best benefit your business.

CSF provides locally informed, confidential, on-farm advice to help you make decisions on:

• soil management
• nutrient, slurry, and manure management
• ammonia emission reduction
• farm infrastructure and machinery set-up
• pesticide handling
• water resources and natural flood management
• local environmental priorities
• land management
• agricultural transition, including grants

Get advice from CSF

You can ask CSF for advice by emailing your local mailbox. You must include:

• a brief description of your farm and query
• your farm address
• single business identifier (SBI) number (if you know it)
• your contact details

CSF will reply based on the environmental priorities in your area and will either:

• arrange a one to one consultation with your local CSFA within an agreed timeframe
• link to other sources of advice and information

We focus our support on farms that can make the greatest improvement to water and air quality.

Get help for queries related to the Countryside Stewardship.

Local mailboxes

1. Devon and Cornwall.
2. East Midlands.
3. Humber.
4. North Anglia.
5. North East.
6. North West.
7. Severn.
8. South Anglia.
9. South East and Thames.
10. Wessex.

1. Devon and Cornwall

csf.devoncornwall@naturalengland.org.uk

• Devon
• Cornwall

2. East Midlands

csf.eastmidlands@naturalengland.org.uk

• Derbyshire
• Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Nottinghamshire

3. Humber

csf.humber@naturalengland.org.uk

• Humberside
• North Yorkshire
• South Yorkshire
• West Yorkshire

4. North Anglia

csf.northanglia@naturalengland.org.uk

• Norfolk
• Suffolk

5. North East

csf.northeast@naturalengland.org.uk

• Cleveland
• Durham
• Northumberland
• Tyne and Wear

6. North west

csf.northwest@naturalengland.org.uk

• Cheshire
• Cumbria
• Greater Manchester
• Lancashire
• Merseyside

7. Severn

csf.severn@naturalengland.org.uk

• Gloucestershire
• Herefordshire
• Shropshire
• Staffordshire
• Warwickshire
• West Midlands
• Worcestershire

8. South Anglia

csf.southanglia@naturalengland.org.uk

• Bedfordshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Essex
• Hertfordshire
• Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Northamptonshire
• North Buckinghamshire

9. South East and Thames

csf.southeastthames@naturalengland.org.uk

• Berkshire
• Buckinghamshire
• Hampshire
• Isle of Wight
• Kent
• Oxfordshire
• Surrey
• Sussex

10. Wessex

csf.wessex@naturalengland.org.uk

• Dorset
• Somerset
• Wiltshire

Countryside Stewardship mid-tier and capital grants: get support and approval before you apply

To request support and approval for Countryside Stewardship, fill in the?CSF support request form (MS Word Document, 300 KB)?and send it to your local CSF mailbox at least 10 weeks before you intend to submit your application to the Rural Payments Agency.

CSF can only offer approval to proposals which address recommendations made by CSF on the farm holding.

Read Capital Grants: Countryside Stewardship and Mid Tier and Wildlife Offers: Countryside Stewardship for more information.

Working in partnership with CSF

CSF also works with a range of partners including:

• water companies
• local authorities
• trade bodies
• environmental organisations
• river trusts

This work includes:

• Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation programme with local authorities and the Environment Agency
• part-funding farm advisers in partnership with rivers trusts and National Parks authorities
• producing videos, tools and factsheets with Voluntary Initiative and Innovation for Agriculture

If your organisation is interested in working with CSF, email csf.partnerships@naturalengland.org.uk.

How CSF uses your data

For information about how CSF uses your data, or to find out how to opt out, read our privacy notice.