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.
Applies to England
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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
Updates to this page
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Based on feedback we've: - made minor amendments throughout the guidance to improve clarity - removed the text on being registered with Companies House or the Charity Commission - added cooperatives and universities to the list of eligible organisations clarified 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 interest - added examples of how the fund can be used to support animal health and welfare and business resilience - clarified that organisations outside England could apply for the fund as long as they are supporting English farmers
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First published.
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.