When filling out the application, the RPA advises all questions are filled out in one sitting and the webpage is not closed until you have submitted your application.

The RPA encourages applicants to submit as early as possible so any errors can be fixed as needed.

This is a competitive grant and not all applicants will receive funding.

Information to have ready:

Note – The below should be updated with the Rural Payment service before application. If updates or registration is required, click here.

· Customer Reference Number (CRN) – as registered with the Rural Payments service

· Single Business Identifier (SBI) – as registered with the Rural Payments service

· Email address – as registered with the Rural Payments service

· Business name

· Business address and postcode

· Companies House Number if registered as a Limited company

· VAT number if VAT registered

· Total hectares of farmed and managed holdings associated with your SBI

· Number of employees

· Farm assurance and livestock health scheme details

The FETF Animal Health and Welfare application requires additional information:

· FETF number and category to products applying for (an extensive list can be found here)

· Date and details of last vet visit to farm (RPA says this will not affect grant applications)

· Estimation of the number of livestock kept, species, sex and age

· County Parish Holding (CPH) number

Note – If the application is going to be submitted on an applicant's behalf by an agent, permission levels must be set to “Make legal changes” or “Full permissions.”

Grant recipients

The RPA will email applicants to let them know if they have been awarded funding or if they have been denied.

Recipients will receive a Grant Funding Agreement (GFA) and a claim form that will require them to accept the funding offer on the Animal Health and Welfare portal.

Once the GFA has been accepted, recipients can make purchases and accept deliveries of equipment. To allow for auditing, grant purchases cannot be made in cash.

Keep detailed records of all receipts and invoices to submit as evidence when making your claim.

Unlike other grant schemes, multiple product quotes are not required.

Click here to read more about FETF terms and conditions, including site visits.

Making FETF equipment purchases through Wise Agriculture

Wise Agriculture offers a wide range of livestock handling, weighing and welfare equipment qualified for FETF funding.

All of our equipment is available for nationwide delivery.

We are already ordering stock ahead and working with suppliers for short lead times. If you’d like to purchase any of our equipment, please contact us ahead of being notified about your grant acceptance to let us know which equipment you will be purchasing if accepted. This will allow us to ensure product availability and put you on a reserve list. If you do not receive the grant, you are not obligated to complete the purchase.

Quotes and info for FETF equipment

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First Name

Last Name

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Quotes and info on grant items *

Mobile sheep yards

Manual squeeze crushes

Hydraulic squeeze crushes

Mobile cattle handling systems

Full cattle handling systems

Cow brushes

Calf brushes

Load bars

Panel readers

Stick readers

Indicators

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Thank you!

Eligible equipment from Wise Agriculture

Wise Agriculture has a wide range of cattle, sheep and weighing and EID equipment eligible for the FETF grant. Click the items below to learn more about equipment and to request a quote.

Sheep

3.0m Porta-Yards mobile sheep handling system

· FETF number: FETF69

· Grant amount: £3,568

Cattle

Q-Catch 87 manual squeeze crush

· FETF number: FETF61

· Grant amount: £2,060

Q-Catch 74 manual squeeze crush

· FETF number: FETF61

· Grant amount: £2,060

107 Q-Power hydraulic squeeze crush