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Guidance

Improving Farm Productivity grant round 2: guidance for invited applicants (closed)

A closed grant to help fund farm and horticulture productivity.

Applies to England

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Round 2 of the Improving Farm Productivity grant is closed for applications.

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Round 2 of the Improving Farm Productivity grant is for capital items to improve farm and horticulture productivity.

Grant value:
between £25,000 and £500,000 for robotic or automatic equipment.
between £15,000 and £100,000 for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.

Updates to this page

Published 12 December 2023
Last updated 112 AugustNovember 2025 + show all updates
  1. Round 2 of the Improving Farm Productivity grant is closed for applications.

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Update history

2026-03-02 00:15
Amended the email address to ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk as the Grants Service email addresses are no longer in use.

2025-11-12 12:57
Removed Exeter address.

2025-08-01 00:15
Round 2 of the Improving Farm Productivity grant is closed for applications.

2024-06-18 12:16
Two additional sections have been added to the ‘Invited applicants: How to submit an Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2 full application’. Under the ‘Declaration’ section, the new sections are: Important Information and Privacy Policy.

2024-05-03 13:07
Added the guidance for Invited applicants: How to submit an Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2 full application

2024-03-22 07:10
Information updated to confirm the closure of the online checker for new applications at 11.59pm on 21 March 2024.

2024-02-19 10:45
Page title has changed from Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2: applicant guidance to Improving Farm Productivity grant round 2: guidance for applicants.

2024-01-25 09:43
Amended to confirm that the online checker is now available and will close on 21 March 2024.

2023-12-12 12:14
First published.