APPLICATORS ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

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FETF in England

The application window for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024 closed on the 17th April 2024.

If your application gets approved, and you accept the offer, the next step is to purchase the item/machine. Claim window ends 10th January 2025. 

The scheme offers grants for specific items of equipment to increase productivity, boost environmental sustainability and improve animal health and welfare. Percentage of payments is based on the expected average cost of the item, not the invoiced cost.

Please find below the Stocks Ag applicators and seeders that we believe are eligible for £1,890 via a successful application for an FETF grant.

Eligible Item: Turbo Jet 8 or 10 with 400L hopper

(FETF207 - Air drill for establishing cover crops)

Item must:

• be a pneumatic (air) drill
• be designed to be mounted on existing drills or soil tillage equipment
• have electronic metering
• be able to drill small cover crop seeds
• use either pipes, coulters or spreader plates to place the seed
• have a minimum 3m drilling width
• have a seed hopper with a minimum 300L capacity

Percentage paid towards item: 60%

Percentage based on RPA expected average cost of item

Eligible Item: Maxi Jet 2 or 4 with 400L hopper

*Image is of 240L hopper, only 400L hopper eligible via FETF 2024 grant

(FETF207 - Air drill for establishing cover crops)

Item must:

• be a pneumatic (air) drill
• be designed to be mounted on existing drills or soil tillage equipment
• have electronic metering
• be able to drill small cover crop seeds
• use either pipes, coulters or spreader plates to place the seed
• have a minimum 3m drilling width
• have a seed hopper with a minimum 300L capacity

Percentage paid towards item: 60%

Percentage based on RPA expected average cost of item

*N.B. FETF 2024 is administered by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). All decisions on application approvals are made by the RPA. FETF 2024 grants only available in England. Full details

Small Grants - Efficiency in Wales

The application window for the Small Grants - Efficiency Scheme in Wales closed on 16 April 2024.

If your application gets approved and you accept the contract within 30 calendar days of the offer date and adhere to all the requirements, the next step is to purchase the item/machine.

The Small Grants – Efficiency scheme supports capital investments in equipment and technology that have been pre-identified as offering clear and quantifiable benefits to farm business.

Please find below the Stocks Ag applicators and seeders that we believe are eligible for grant funding through this scheme. 

Applicators we believe are eligible as per the specification below for a Micro Seeder include:

• Fan Jet Plus with 130L hopper
• Rotor Meter with 130L hopper
• Rotor Jet with 130L or 240L hopper
• Maxi Jet
• Turbo Jet

Investment item: Micro Seeder

Specification:

• small seeder, suitable for sowing small seeds such as grass, clover, rape, stubble turnips etc
• minimum hopper size 75 litres
• powered by an electric motor
• ability to calibrate and adjust application rate
• electronic on/off control system
• can be fitted to min-till cultivator, tractor or ATV

The grant will be a maximum 40% contribution against actual invoiced costs up to the maximum referenced costs as stated within Annex A.

Full details

Fan Jet Plus

Rotor Meter

Rotor Jet

Maxi Jet 4

Turbo Jet