Guidance

Farmer Collaboration Fund

Apply for funding to support farmers, land managers and growers to work together to manage land in a productive, nature friendly and sustainable way.

From:: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published:: 29 July 2026

Applies to England

Documents

Farmer Collaboration Fund: applicant's guide

Ref: v1.0

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Details

The Farmer Collaboration Fund (FCF) will fund delivery partners to support farmers, land managers and growers to work together. This will:

help farm businesses be more flexible and productive
achieve more environmental objectives
support peer learning and new working practices
allow farmers to share their experiences in collaboration groups

Published 29 July 2026

Update history

2026-08-24 14:00
Based on feedback we’ve:made minor amendments throughout the guidance to improve clarityremoved the text on being registered with Companies House or the Charity Commissionadded cooperatives and universities to the list of eligible organisationsclarified that delivery partners can pay existing employees as facilitators but they must keep a record of how they selected the most appropriate people for these roles and managed conflicts of interestadded examples of how the fund can be used to support animal health and welfare and business resilienceclarified that organisations outside England could apply for the fund as long as they are supporting English farmers

2026-07-29 12:00
First published.