LIG1 is an action under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme. It pays £151.00 per year for lig1.

* Minimize nutrient inputs to no more than 12 tonnes per ha of cattle farmyard manure or equivalent.

* Graze or cut the grassland to achieve the action's aim, minimizing bare ground and maintaining an intact grass sward.

* Do not apply digestate or industrial by-products, carry out drainage works, plough, cultivate, or re-seed.

* Do not use pesticides, except for weed wiping or spot treating injurious weeds, invasive non-native species, nettles, or bracken.

* If cutting for conserved forage, do not graze or cut for at least 7 continuous weeks during spring and summer before the forage cut, and leave an uncut margin.

You should keep evidence to show what you’ve done to complete the action. This will help if it’s not clear that you’ve completed the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action’s aim. You must supply this evidence if we ask for it.

This evidence could include photographs and other documentation to show what you’ve done to complete this action. It could also include field operations at a land parcel level and associated invoices. If you choose to take photographs, read the guidance on how to take photographic evidence (annex A).

LIG1 pays £151.00 per year.

---|---|--- Temporary grassland | TG01 | Arable land Permanent grassland – improved and low input | PG01 | Permanent grassland The glossary (annex C) explains what we mean by land types, land use codes and compatible land covers. You can usually only apply for this action on the total SFI available area in each land parcel shown in your SFI application. The only exception is when LIG1 is located in the same land parcel as IGL1 (take grassland field corners or blocks out of management). If this i

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