Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) works with farmers and partners across England to produce food in a way that protects:

• water
• air
• soil

Your CSF adviser (CSFA) is locally based with an understanding of the challenges farmers face. They will work with you to take the latest advice and tailor it to best benefit your business.

CSF provides locally informed, confidential, on-farm advice to help you make decisions on:

• soil management
• nutrient, slurry, and manure management
• ammonia emission reduction
• farm infrastructure and machinery set-up
• pesticide handling
• water resources and natural flood management
• local environmental priorities
• land management
• agricultural transition, including grants

Get advice from CSF

You can ask ask CSF for for advice by sendingemailing your local mailbox. You must include: 

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CSF will reply based on the environmental priorities in your area and will either:

• arrange a one to one consultation with your local CSFA within an agreed timeframe
• link to other sources of advice and information

We focus our support on farms that can make the greatest improvement to water and air quality.

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4. North Anglia.
5. North East.
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8. South Anglia.
9. South East and Thames.
10. Wessex.

1. Devon and Cornwall

csf.devoncornwall@naturalengland.org.uk

• Devon
• Cornwall

2. East Midlands

csf.eastmidlands@naturalengland.org.uk

• Derbyshire
• Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Nottinghamshire

3. Humber

csf.humber@naturalengland.org.uk

• Humberside
• North Yorkshire
• South Yorkshire
• West Yorkshire

4. North Anglia

csf.northanglia@naturalengland.org.uk

• Norfolk
• Suffolk

5. North East

csf.northeast@naturalengland.org.uk

• Cleveland
• Durham
• Northumberland
• Tyne and Wear

6. North west

csf.northwest@naturalengland.org.uk

• Cheshire
• Cumbria
• Greater Manchester
• Lancashire
• Merseyside

7. Severn

csf.severn@naturalengland.org.uk

• Gloucestershire
• Herefordshire
• Shropshire
• Staffordshire
• Warwickshire
• West Midlands
• Worcestershire

8. South Anglia

csf.southanglia@naturalengland.org.uk

• Bedfordshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Essex
• Hertfordshire
• Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Northamptonshire
• North Buckinghamshire

9. South East and Thames

csf.southeastthames@naturalengland.org.uk

• Berkshire
• Buckinghamshire
• Hampshire
• Isle of Wight
• Kent
• Oxfordshire
• Surrey
• Sussex

10. Wessex

csf.wessex@naturalengland.org.uk

• Bristol
• Dorset
• Somerset
• Wiltshire

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Working in partnership with CSF

CSF also works with a range of partners including:

• water companies
• local authorities
• trade bodies
• environmental organisations
• river trusts

This work includes:

• Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation programme with local authorities and the Environment Agency
• part-funding farm advisers in partnership with rivers trusts and National Parks authorities
• producing videos, tools and factsheets with Voluntary Initiative and Innovation for Agriculture

If your organisation is interested in working with CSF, email csf.partnerships@naturalengland.org.uk.

How CSF uses your data

For information about how CSF uses your data, or to find out how to opt out, read our privacy notice.