Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements, England
Official statistics
Live Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements in England, and the farm businesses holding them, by scheme, from Defra's latest uptake figures.
Live agreements
48,000
1 Sep 2026 · held by 38,300 farm businesses at 1 September 2026
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 15:13 UTC- Live agreements
- Farm businesses
Source: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
3 rows
| Category | Live agreements | Farm businesses |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 | 25,000 | 23,400 |
| Sustainable Farming Incentive Expanded Offer (SFI24) | 19,900 | 17,900 |
| Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 Window 1 | 3,100 | 3,100 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-countryside-stewardship-and-environmental-stewardship-summary-data
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 9 November 2026, 14:58 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/sfi-uptake-september-2026SHA-256 2323d140a00b72e78f588b77e59acaaebd6b8a6604b68cf32806ab59c7e308fb · 15,324 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aa0080462ec7fe7bedf5162/SFI_window_one_2026-09-09.odsSHA-256 b453e95062ab3b79fe1effb579f32a02c8dffd2b61755190673385288792ff0b · 9,914 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 15:13 UTC Run at 9 November 2026, 15:13 UTC; 6 of 6 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-09T14:58:28Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 6 of 6 figures and the headline reproduced; the meta's total match |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 6 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 6 of 6 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches; the meta's total match |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2026-09-01 ended 69 days before retrieval (limit 400), from SFI window one agreement and application counts |
| Pass | The schemes' agreements make up the total | 1 of 1 cases of the totals is its schemes' agreements, within their rounding to significant figures (200) within 200 (1 exactly) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-countryside-stewardship-and-environmental-stewardship-summary-data – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Live agreements under each Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme and the farm businesses holding them, at the date Defra gives. Defra rounds each count to one significant figure below 1,000, two below 10,000 and three above (its note 9), so the schemes may not add up to the total; a business can hold agreements under more than one scheme, so its businesses do not add up (its notes 2 and 3).