Farming Investment Fund

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

• Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (for grants between £2,000 and £25,000)
• Farming Transformation Fund (for grants between £35,000 and £500,000)

Farming Equipment and Technology Fund

This fund provides grants towards the cost of equipment and technology to improve the productivity of farms in a sustainable way.

Round 1

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

The FETF Round 1 manual explains what the FETF is for, who is eligible, the information needed to apply for Round 1 and, if an application is successful, how to claim funding.

Accept your Grant Funding Agreement

If you have received a Grant Funding Agreement you should check that items are available with your supplier and accept your offer by midnight on 1 April 2022.

You can accept (or withdraw) from the offer using the FEFT acceptance portal.

Once you have accepted your Grant Funding Agreement, you can purchase your items and claim your money by midnight on 31 October 2022.

Some items have been very popular, so please make sure you order as soon as you can. If you do not order early, you may not be able to get your items by the claim deadline.

FETF contact details and accessibility information

Email FETFEnquiries@rpa.gov.uk or call the RPA helpline on 03000 200 301 and select the option for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund.

Read the FETF accessibility statement.

Farming Transformation Fund

This fund provides grants towards large capital items to help businesses improve productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability. They are:

• Water Management
• Improving Farm Productivity
• Adding Value

Water Management grant

The Water Management grant online checker closed on 12 January 2022.

If your project scored highly enough, we’ll invite you to submit a full application. The success of your full application will depend on the number and value of applications we receive.

Submitting a full application

If we invited you to submit a full application for your project, you must do this by 30 June 2022.

Before you submit a full application for your project, it will help you to read:

• Farming Transformation Fund Water Management grant manual
• How to fill in a Water Management grant full application

Any planning permission or abstraction licences must be in place by 31 December 2022.

If you submit a full application and it is successful, you’ll get a funding agreement and can begin work on the project.

We’ll let you know by email if your project did not score highly enough.

Improving Farm Productivity grant

The Improving Farm Productivity grant is open for applications and will close on 16 March 2022.

Read more information about the Farming Transformation Fund Improving Farm Productivity grant, including how to find out if your project is eligible and how to start your application.

What happens next

RPA will assess the information you submit. If your project is suitable, you will be asked to submit a full application.

FTF contact details

Email FTF@rpa.gov.uk or call the RPA helpline on 03000 200 301 and select the option for the Farming Transformation Fund.