Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2025

Information about the FETF 2025 Fund and how to apply for funding.

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Summary

The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2025 includes 3 grants to help you buy items to:  

  • improve productivity  

  • manage slurry 

  • improve animal health and welfare  

You can apply for more than one grant, for items that suit your business.  

FETF 2025 is competitive. You may not receive any, or all of the funding you apply for. 

Successful applicants will receive: 

  • a minimum of £1,000 and a maximum of £25,000 towards productivity items 

  • a minimum of £1,000 and a maximum of £25,000 towards slurry items  

  • a minimum of £1,000 and a maximum of £25,000 towards animal health and welfare items

For the overall size of the grants are:

  • Animal Health & Welfare (AHW) £16.7m

  • Productivity & Slurry £30m

Eligibility

You can apply for a grant if your business is based and registered in England and you're a:

  • farmer

  • horticulturalist

  • forestry owner

  • contractor carrying out services to farmers, horticulturalists or forestry owners

You may be eligible to apply if you've received money from previous FETF grants or the Countryside Productivity Scheme.

The FETF Animal Health and Welfare grant is only available if you farm any of the following:

  • beef cattle

  • dairy cattle

  • sheep

  • pigs

  • laying hens (including rearing and breeding farms)

  • broiler chickens (including rearing and breeding farms)

Other types of livestock and poultry, including goats, ducks, turkeys, geese and gamebirds, are not eligible for funding.

Objectives

  • improve productivity  

  • manage slurry 

  • improve animal health and welfare

Dates

  • Guidance launch 7 May 2025

  • Application service opens 29 May 2025

  • Application service closes 10 July 2025 at 12:00pm

  • Claim deadline 31 March 2026 at 12:00pm

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