Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2026

TheYou can now apply for Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 20262026, opens for applications opened on 17 March 2026.

FETF 2026 includes 3 grants to help you buy equipment or technology to:  

• improve productivity
• manage slurry
• improve animal health and welfare

Who can apply      

You can apply for a grant if your business is based and registered in England and you’re a: 

• farmer
• horticulturalist
• forestry owner
• contractor carrying out services to farmers, horticulturalists or forestry owners

You may be eligible to apply if you’ve received money from previous FETF grants or the Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme. 

The Animal Health and Welfare grant is only available if you farm any of the following:   

• beef cattle
• dairy cattle
• sheep
• pigs
• laying chickens (including rearing and breeding farms)
• broiler chickens (including rearing and breeding farms)

When you can apply

You can now apply for FETF 2026 2026, using the Farming Investment Fund service. Applications close at midday on 28 April 2026. 

How to apply

You can apply for each of the 3 FETF 2026 themes: Productivity, Slurry and Animal Health and Welfare (AHW).

You can only submit one application for each theme. The value of each application must be  between £1,000 and £25,000.

For more information read the following guidance:

How to apply for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2026

Terms and conditions

Productivity items and specifications

Slurry items and specifications

Animal Health and Welfare items and specifications

The success of your application will depend on the:

• score your application achieves
• number and value of applications RPA receive