Farming Equipment and Technology Fund
The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund will shortly open for applications. It offers grants for specific items of equipment, paying on average 40% of the expected price of each item, which is set by Defra.
The complete list of eligible items can be found here:
FETF 2023 Productivity and Slurry eligible Items >
FETF 2023 Animal Health and Welfare eligible Items >
The following items are included by way of an example:
| Theme | Equipment | Expected price, set by Defra | Grant funding |
| Livestock | Heat detection system | £1,850 | £740 |
| Badger proof feed troughs | £341 | £136 | |
| Mobile cattle handling system | £13,925 | £5,570 | |
| EID panel reader for sheep | £1,492 | £597 | |
| Auto vaccination gun | £850 | £340 | |
| Arable | Direct drill 4m | £35,690 | £14,276 |
| Air drill for cover crops | £1,990 | £796 | |
| Tractor mounted stubble rake | £14,500 | £5,800 | |
| Horticulture | Flail mulcher | £2,400 | £960 |
| Fruit ripeness spectrometer | £6,121 | £2,448 |
If you require and help and advice, please contact our Rural Professionals >
