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Farming Equipment and Technology fund opens 29th May 2025

8 May 2025

The 6 week application window will be open from 29th May 2025 and close at midday on 10th July 2025.

Grants are available between £1,000 - £25,000 for each theme.  

The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2025 includes 3 themes to help you buy equipment or technology:  

  • Productivity

  • Slurry Management

  • Animal Health and Welfare

The funding is competitive. Each theme has rules for scoring, to ensure public money is used well. Once the application window closes, all applications will be reviewed and scored.

In total £30 million will support the productivity and slurry management themes. £16.7 million will support the animal health and welfare theme.  

Productivity

66 items are available to improve productivity and help boost your farms efficiency and profitability.

The full list of items, scores and detailed specifications can be found by clicking the button below; these include:

  • Robotic silage pusher

  • Direct drill

  • Chemical free disinfection system for dairy farms.

slurry management 

Slurry Management grant is available to help how you collect, store test and spread slurry.

Better slurry management helps improve soil health and water and air quality, while making the most of valuable nutrients- supporting nature and your bottom line.

There are 17 different slurry equipment items and popular items a full list can be found by clicking the button below, these include:

  • Robotic slurry collectors

  • Flow rate monitoring equipment and low- emission slurry spreaders.

  • Mobile/fixed slurry separators.

animal health and welfare 

This grant can help you improve your livestock health and welfare, leading to higher productivity, better quality and more reliable food production to help increase profits.

This grant is available to commercial farmers who keep pigs, sheep, dairy cows, beef cattle, layer chickens or broilers.

You can increase your application score by 20% if  you provide evidence you’ve discussed your application with a vet.

A full list of items can be found below, these include:

  • Mobile calf milk pasteuriser and dispenser

  • Specialist foot trimming cattle crush

  • Weigh bars and weigh platforms for livestock

If you would like any help or assistance with grants or applications please give us a call at Douglas Green Consulting on 01666 817278

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