Preparing for Sustainable farming

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Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) went live in spring 2022 and helps ensure that when the new rural support regime was introduced, enhanced conditionality is integrated with all Basic Payment Scheme funding for farming and crofting for 2025 providing actions for biodiversity gain and low emissions production.

Conditionality means that in the future, Climate mitigation and how Biodiversity is looked after and encouraged by businesses, will be a condition business have to meet to receive agricultural support payments.

PSF focuses on incentives to farmers and crofters to help them understand their Carbon emissions and sequestration, identifying recommendations that can lower these emissions and increase efficiencies.

It is recognised that there is a population already engaged with climate mitigation but we need to widen the opportunity and engagement with the industry if we are going to reduce its emissions in line with the Climate Change Plan.

There are three options currently being funded as part of PSF that Scottish farmers, crofters, and agricultural contractors can claim funding for.

These three options are:

• Carbon Audits
• Soil Sampling and Analysis
• Animal Health and Welfare Interventions

If you undertook actions on these interventions in 2025 you can claim from SGRPID. Claims are due by 28 February 2026. Find out more here.