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Recognising the impacts that rising costs are having on farmers, Defra has reviewed payment rates for CS revenue options and capital options.

The new capital payment rates announced on 5 January apply to new applicants and those with agreements that started on or after 1 January 2023. This includes CS capital items applied for by Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot customers.

Payment for capital items in agreements starting from 1 January 2023 onwards will be increased where the rates have increased. This includes capital items in CS revenue agreements, SFI pilot agreements, and standalone CS capital grants. Where rates have decreased this will not be applied to existing agreements.

Applications received from January 2023 onwards will be subject to the new capital payment rates whether they have increased or decreased.

Use the attached table of payments to see the changes.

Details of the changes are also included in the relevant Countryside Stewardship grants for 2023 guidance.

Find out the changes to CS revenue payment rates from January 2023.

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