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England FETF Grants

FETF Grant

When you can apply

You can apply for FETF 2024 through the Farming Investment Fund Service.

You can apply between 20 March and 1 May 2024 for animal health and welfare items. This application window will close at midday on 1 May 2024.

Application windows 

Two more application windows for productivity, slurry and animal health and welfare items are expected to open in 2024. The total budget for each grant is split evenly across the application windows.

The average costs and grant amounts for the items are expected to be the same in each application window.

If your application falls below the scoring threshold and is unsuccessful, the RPA will reject it. You will be able to apply again in a future application window.

You can only accept one grant funding agreement (GFA) for each grant. When you have accepted a GFA you cannot apply again for the same grant in 2024. For example, if you accept a GFA for a productivity grant in the first window, you cannot apply for a productivity grant in the second or third window.

Your application will be checked for eligibility and scored by the RPA.

If your application is unsuccessful, the RPA will write to you to tell you why.

If your application is successful, the RPA will send you a GFA. GFAs for each grant will be sent separately.

Use the Farming Investment Fund service to accept your GFA by the deadline set out in your GFA email. You’ll need to select each grant to accept each GFA.

It’s important that you read and understand the steps you’ll need to follow to claim your FETF 2024 grant payment.

Animal Health and Welfare grant: evidence of vet advice 

If you’re applying for an Animal Health and Welfare grant, you can increase your application score by providing evidence that you’ve discussed your application with a vet.

You can get vet advice by telephone, email, or as part of a vet visit. You may be eligible to apply for a fully funded vet visit as part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) annual health and welfare review.

You must receive advice on your application after 1 January 2024 and before 1 January 2025 for it to be eligible for the increase.

You’ll need to provide your vet’s details, the date of the discussion and permission for us to contact your vet when you apply.

FETF69 - Mobile sheep handling system

Expected average cost of item (£): 9,761

Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 4,881
Score: 2,030

Item must:

  • be a trailer-mounted sheep handling system
  • hold a minimum of 250 adult sheep
  • include a minimum of 48m of hurdles to create a gathering pen, a forcing pen and at least two side pens
  • include a drafting and dosing race that can fit a footbath
  • be based on a trailer which is integrated into the handling system and forms part of the handling race
  • be made primarily of metal

 

Ferrous metal must be galvanised or powder coated. Painted items are not eligible.

Trailers that are not integrated and could be used for other purposes are not eligible.

Items with wooden elements are not eligible.

You must provide this item’s serial number when you submit your claim for payment

Shepherdsmate handling system has 3- way draft gate & squeeze as standard.

Shepherdsmate sheep handling system will be substantially below expected average cost. FETF 74, 78, 80,81, 82,101 can be fitted in this unit.

Additional items which are not grant aided can be fitted into the system e.g. Rollover, Footbath, shearing flap.

FETF70 - Fixed sheep handling system

Expected average cost of item (£): 5,051


Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 2,525

Score: 1,330

Item must:

  • be a fixed sheep handling system
  • hold a minimum of 100 adult sheep
  • have a gathering pen, a forcing pen and at least two side pens
  • have a drafting and dosing race that can fit a footbath
  • be made primarily of metal
  • be fixed to the ground by concreting the supporting post into the ground or by bolting it into an existing concrete floor

 

Ferrous metal must be galvanised or powder coated. Painted items are not eligible.

Items with wooden elements are not eligible.

You must provide this item’s serial number when you submit your claim for payment.

Shepherdsmate handling system has 3- way draft gate & squeeze as standard.

Shepherdsmate sheep handling system will be substantially below expected average cost. FETF 74, 78, 80,81, 82,101 can be fitted in this unit.

Additional items which are not grant aided can be fitted into the system e.g. Rollover, Footbath, shearing flap.

FETF71 - Sheep handler

Expected average cost of item (£): 3,381


Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 1,690

Score: 1,330

Item must:

  • be a clamp-style handler for dagging and dosing sheep

 

Items with wooden elements are not eligible.

You cannot claim for a sheep handler under item FETF71 if also including the item in a claim for item FETF69 – Mobile sheep handling system.

Shepherdsmate sheep handler 3-way draft and stop gate as standard.

FETF 74, 78, 80,81, 82,101 can be fitted in this unit.

Additional items not grant aid including mobile trailer, Rollover and shearing flap can be added to this unit.

ETF74 - EID panel reader for sheep

Expected average cost of item (£): 1,585


Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 793

Score: 1,910

Item must:

  • be a static or race EID panel reader for sheep, with antenna and Bluetooth connection
  • be able to read HDX and FDX-B EID tags
  • be permanently fixed to a sheep handling system

 

Portable readers are not eligible.

Gallagher and Tru-test EID Panel Readers supplied by Shepherdsmate

FETF78SH - Individual electronic weigh system

Expected average cost of item (£): 1,246


Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 623

Score: 510

Item must:

  • be an individual electronic weigh system
  • be a digital weighing device which can record and display individual animal weights
  • be able to track live weight gains and access recorded information on individual animals such as breeding or movements
  • include a mobile device if required for functionality to input, access, record or display data within the system
  • be compatible with EID readers and automatic drafting systems

 

Group and automatic average animal weighing systems are not eligible.

Weigh bars are not included in this item – see item FETF79SH, FETF79PI, and FETF79CA – Weigh bars and weigh platforms for weighing livestock or item FETF80SH, FETF80PI and FETF80CA – Weigh bars or platform for animals less than 300kg.

Gallagher and Tru-test supplied by Shepherdsmate

FETF79SH - Weigh bars and weigh platforms for livestock

Expected average cost of item (£): 913


Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 457

Score: 860

Item must:

  • be two electronic load bars or an electronic weigh platform to operate with digital weigh heads or readers for use with livestock over 300kg
  • be suitable for use with cattle crushes or batch weighing pens for sheep or pigs
  • be capable of weighing 2000kg to allow for large handling equipment

 

Digital weigh heads and readers are not eligible under this item – see item FETF78SH, FETF78PI and FETF78CA – Individual electronic weigh system.

Shepherdsmate electronic weigh platform for Cattle supplied by Shepherdsmate.

FETF80SH - Weigh bars and weigh platforms for livestock less than 300kg

Expected average cost of item (£): 1,100


Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 550

Score: 860

Item must:

  • be electronic load bars or an electronic weigh platform to operate with digital weigh heads or readers for use with livestock up to 300kg
  • be suitable for use with races, crates, or pens for pigs, sheep, or calves
  • be capable of weighing 500kg to allow for handling equipment

 

Shepherdsmate electronic weigh platform

Non-electronic weighing systems are not eligible.

Digital weigh heads/readers are not eligible under this item – see item FETF78SH, FETF78PI and FETF78CA – Individual electronic weigh system.

FETF81SH - EID handheld recorder device

Expected average cost of item (£): 984


Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 492

Score: 1,440

Item must:

  • be an EID handheld device with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for data reading and recording of individual animals
  • be able to record information on breeding, births, weights, treatments and movements
  • include a mobile device if required to input, access, and record data within the device
  • export data to a computer-based software package to monitor livestock

Agrident, Gallagher and Tru-test.

FETF82SH - EID handheld device (stick reader)

Expected average cost of item (£): 636


Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 318

Score: 1,440

Item must:

  • be an EID handheld device (stick reader) with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for individual reading of animals
  • scan tags and store tag data
  • connect wirelessly to mobile phones or other devices
  • read HDX and FDX B tags

Agrident, Gallagher and Tru-test.

FETF101SH - Automatic EID gun for drench or pour on

Expected average cost of item (£): 808


Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 404

Score: 1,170

Item must:

  • be an automatic EID gun for drenching or pour on
  • wirelessly communicate with a weigh head or stock reader to automatically adjust the dosage of drench or pour on, depending on the animal’s weight
  • upload and download medicine reports using wireless technology

 

You must provide this item’s serial number when you submit your claim for payment.

Te-Pari Automatic EID gun

FETF236A - Plastic slats

Expected average cost of item (£): 34


Grant amount (based on a quantity of 1) (£): 17

Score: 10

Item must:

  • be a system of durable, slatted plastic tiles that connect together to form a raised grid for the temporary indoor housing of sheep or creation of an isolation pen
  • have a non-slip surface
  • be a minimum of 15mm in depth
  • be designed for use with livestock
    Item must be purchased through a supplier or manufacturer – home built items are not eligible.


Cost per square metre.

Mik Stepper Slats supplied by Shepherdsmate

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