The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) focuses on actions you can take across your farm to improve the environment. Farmwalk helps you track these actions, assign them to specific parcels, and maintain evidence for each requirement.
Setting up your SFI agreement
Navigate to Schemes and click Add New Scheme
Select SFI (Sustainable Farming Incentive)
Enter your SFI agreement details and start date
Add your selected actions (e.g., improved grassland soils, arable soil standard)
SFI action types in Farmwalk
Common SFI actions include:
Arable soil standard - Soil management on arable land
Improved grassland soils - Grassland soil health improvements
Moorland - Moorland management and restoration
Buffer strips - Water course protection
Hedgerows - Hedgerow management and enhancement
Assigning actions to parcels
For each SFI action in your agreement
Click Assign to Parcels
Select the relevant land parcels from your farm map
Verify the total area matches your SFI application
Save the assignments
Tracking evidence for SFI
SFI actions require ongoing evidence:
Soil testing results - Upload lab reports to relevant soil actions
Management photographs - Before/after photos of improvement work
Records of interventions - Documentation of management changes
Monitoring data - Ongoing measurements and assessments
SFI compliance scoring
Your SFI compliance score reflects:
Actions with sufficient evidence linked
Correct parcel assignments
Up-to-date monitoring records
Common SFI requirements
Annual soil testing for soil-focused actions
Photographic evidence of management practices
Records of dates when management changes were implemented
Monitoring of environmental outcomes
Tips
Set up regular reminders for annual soil testing
Take photos when implementing management changes
Keep detailed records of what was done and when
Review your evidence regularly to ensure compliance