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Sustainable Farming Incentive

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 29 January 2026UIN 104790

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mean and median total income per business for the Sustainable Farming Incentive was in the year to October 2025.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Farm businesses can hold multiple Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements under the SFI scheme. As of October 2025, there were 44,474 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreements including SFI 23 and SFI 24. Over the full term of the agreement the mean value of these agreements was £57,000 and the median value of these agreements was £32,000.

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