2024 Farming Equipment and Technology Fund – What’s new?

The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund provides grants for equipment and technology that support improvements in:

  • productivity
  • slurry management
  • animal health and welfare.

The fund is competitive. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will allocate funding after all applications within an application window have been received and scored. You may not receive any, or all of the funding you apply for.

Successful applicants will receive a grant of:

  • a minimum of £1,000 and a maximum of £50,000 towards productivity items
  • a minimum of £1,000 and a maximum of £50,000 towards slurry items
  • a minimum of £1,000 and a maximum of £25,000 towards animal health and welfare items

The government will pay a percentage of the cost depending on the item. For many items, this percentage is an increase on last year. This funding will go towards either:

  • the average cost of the item – if an item costs you the same or more than the expected average cost on the item lists
  • the actual cost you pay for the item – if an item costs you less than the expected average cost on the item list.

For full details please visit
the government website

Call your local Area Sales Manager
to make an enquiry

With DEFRA having announced the FETF 2024 grant program, this is an excellent opportunity for you to invest in modern equipment and technology that can boost your farm’s productivity and environmental sustainability.

Pecks offers a range of machinery eligible for FETF funding. Many of our customers, both new and established, successfully secured grants in previous years, allowing them to acquire new equipment.

When you can apply

You can apply for FETF 2024 through the Farming Investment Fund service.

You can apply between 20 March and 1 May 2024 for animal health and welfare items. This application window will close at midday on 1 May 2024.

The first application window for productivity and slurry items closed at midday on 17 April 2024.

Application windows

Two more application windows for productivity, slurry and animal health and welfare items are expected to open in 2024. The total budget for each grant is split evenly across the application windows.

Get in touch with your local Area Sales Manager to discuss your requirements.

FETF Grant Eligible Machinery from Amazone

FETF45
Direct Drills grant up to £27,900*
FETF206
Direct Drills with fertiliser placement grant up to £40,800*
FETF212
Liquid fertiliser applicator for seed drills grant up to £11,031**
FETF7
Inter row grant up to £30,471.60**

Please see full details on the government website
*Max grant or 50% of purchase price
**Max grant or 60% of purchase price

FETF Grant Eligible Machinery from Krone

FETF421
On Board Weighing for KRONE GX and TX trailers
Grant amount £1,747*

FETF48
NIR Dual Crop Analysis for Grass/Maize and Wholecrop on KRONE BiG X foragers.
Grant amount £10,200**

FETF51
Crop Control for KRONE BiG X foragers.
Grant amount £1,840**

Please see full details on the government website
*Max grant or 50% of purchase price
**Max grant or 60% of purchase price

FETF Grant Eligible Machinery from Claydon

FETF44
Direct grain drill 3m. Maximum grant value £15,067*
FETF205
Direct grain drill 4m and above. Maximum grant value £17,845*
FETF45
Direct grain drill 6m and above. Maximum grant value £27,900*
FETF206
Direct Drill with fertiliser placement 3m and above. Maximum grant value £40,800**
FETF208
Tractor mounted stubble rake 6m and above. Maximum grant value £8,400*

Please see full details on the government website
*Max grant or 50% of purchase price
**Max grant or 60% of purchase price

FETF Grant Eligible Machinery from AVR

FETF51
Retro fitted Yield Monitoring for combines & crop harvesters
Grant amount £1,840**

Item must:
·be a retrofitted yield monitoring for combines and crop harvesters
·be fitted to the combine or crop harvester (including forage harvester)
·monitor crop yield during harvest
·provide information on harvesting rate, with total and partial area (field) yield of crop
·have a yield sensor for combine or forage harvester
·have an in-cab display or ISOBUS connection and software for downloading data to your computer

Please see full details on the government website
**Max grant or 60% of purchase price

FETF Grant Eligible Machinery from New Holland

FETF7
Inter row hoe 6m
Grant up to £30,471**

Item must:

  • be an inter row hoe
  • automatically distinguish between the crop row and weeds between the crop rows using camera recognition
  • detect the position of the crop rows and automatically adjust the hoes to only remove weeds between the crop rows
  • have a minimum 3m working width

Please see full details on the government website
**Max grant or 60% of purchase price

FETF Grant Eligible Machinery from SlurryKat

FETF27
Fixed slurry separator
FETF29
Real time inline nutrient analysis of slurryHigh
FETF28
Flow rate monitoring of slurry
FETF30
Nurse tank minimum capacity 50m³
FETF31
Nurse tank minimum capacity 100m³
FETF32
Dribble bar (min working width 6m)

FETF32
Dribble bar (min working width 10m)
FETF36
Trailing shoe slurry system 6m
FETF37
Trailing shoe slurry system over 8m
FETF38
Umbilical hose reeler for slurry application
FETF39
Trailed compartmented reeler for slurry application
FETF203
Mobile slurry chopper pump