SFI - Self Help and Tips

[Huno]

How are the hedges going to be a pension fund?

Ok.. give the gov.uk control of your hedges!! I really dont care... or think about it carefully? What can a hedge deliver that your fields can't.. i treat my hedges as a pension fund.. others are grubbing them out before the law stops them...

 

[Huno]

I took a copy of the current guidance and the terms and conditions on the day I accepted. Don't know if it will make any difference.

None.. nadda.. you will do what they say.. no contract.. no recourse.. good luck

 

[e3120]

None.. nadda.. you will do what they say.. no contract.. no recourse.. good luck

How do we get you put back on pre-approve?

 

[Huno]

How do we get you put back on pre-approve?

That is not very nice of you? E3120..
But you are just a number?

 

[Huno]

Play the game.. if you sign up for something.. and i do often.. make sure you have a get out plan...

 

[Huno]

How do we get you put back on pre-approve?

Sorry.. to answer your question you whine and winge to the moderators... i ignore your posts.. just ignore mine please sir...

 

[No5]

I have applied, offered and accepted an agreement for sfi with a start date of 1st June. Having just read an article in the FG I am concerned about the 25% limit. Does the limit apply individually to alh2, alh3 and igl1 or as a total of all 3.

 

[Huno]

I have applied, offered and accepted an agreement for sfi with a start date of 1st June. Having just read an article in the FG I am concerned about the 25% limit. Does the limit apply individually to alh2, alh3 and igl1 or as a total of all 3.

Total of all 3 or all 6 if you chose those options. Did you really apply for SFI without knowing the answer to that question? Brave...
Has anyone worked out the profit margin on that 25% of land without BPS and still with fixed overheads on the other 75% of your holding?
Answers on a postcard please but it has to be pennies not pounds?
Variable costs work out ok but fixed costs annually of running a farm business dont look great unless you have over 500 hectares and contract farming agreement

 

[Huno]

The upside of SFI is that most farmers were making no profit before BPS from break crops and as the scheme is designed around " income forgone" it wont really matter if there is no profit from those 6 temporary "rewilding" options limited to 25% of farm area..

 

[ffukedfarmer]

I have an agreement with a start date of 1st Jan 2024, so not yet affected by the 25% limit. I am already over 25% on IGL2 but will I be able to add another field for the remaining 2 years of the agreement?

 

[PeterPrestbury]

I don't believe you will be able to add fields in a new SFI under the same SBI if it takes you over the cap - (otherwise it makes a mockery of having a cap?), but I saw something the other day to suggest RPA haven't decided yet what will happen in situations where people with pre-cap agreements want to 'upgrade' their options at their first or second anniversary dates.