News and briefings

AIC continues its active engagement with industry and stakeholders. We share a snapshot of the key meetings scheduled for the week ahead.

Following the recent announcement on the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) application windows, actions and scheme guidance, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today confirmed that the total budget for new agreements under SFI26 is £240 million.

AIC welcomes the appointment of David Grint as Chief Executive Officer of BASIS Registration Ltd.

Following the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) releasing near-final Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) scheme details, with Window 1 opening on 30 June 2026. This blog looks back at how SFI uptake has developed since 2022, and what that tells us about how the scheme has been redesigned.

AIC continues its active engagement with industry and stakeholders. We share a snapshot of the key meetings scheduled for the week ahead.

On 3 June, the AIC Feed Sector Health and Safety Forum met at ForFarmers in Preston, bringing together health and safety representatives from across the agri-supply industry.

Defra has published near-final scheme information for the 2026 iteration of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI26) on GOV.UK. It has also announced that the first application window (Window 1) is likely to open on 30 June 2026.