PRF3: Non-mechanical robotic weeding
What is PRF3?
PRF3 is an action under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme. It pays £101.00 per year for non-mechanical robotic weeding.
What do I need to do?
* Control weeds using a non-mechanical robotic weeder that identifies, locates, and destroys weeds with a laser or high voltage electricity.
You must control weeds on land entered into this action using a non-mechanical robotic weeder that:
identifies and locates weeds
destroys weeds using a laser or high voltage electricity
If the land is being used to grow arable or non-permanent horticultural crops, you must do this action on one crop from when it’s sown until it’s harvested.
What evidence do I need?
You must keep evidence to show what you’ve done to complete this action, such as:
data from the tractor’s or non-mechanical weeder’s job recording system identifying the weeder, the date and areas weeded
field operations at a land parcel level, including the land parcel reference number and the dates the arable crop was sown and harvested (where relevant)
* contractor’s invoice if you use a contractor to do this action
If it’s not clear that you’ve done this action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve its aim, we may ask for this evidence. You must supply the evidence if we ask for it.
How much does PRF3 pay?
PRF3 pays £101.00 per year.
Which land is eligible?
* You must not use any other herbicides on land entered into this action, except for pre-emergence residual herbicides. * declared with a land use code which is compatible with the land cover ---|---|--- [company/arable|Arable]] land used to grow crops | Arable land | Land use codes for [arable crops or [leg
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