Updated 10 September 2026
Grants and funding for farms and agricultural businesses
Schemes open today that name farms and agricultural businesses in their published criteria, or fund the kind of work farms and agricultural businesses do. Read from the funders' own pages and re-checked daily.
17 open today. Whether your business qualifies for any of them depends on your legal form, your size, your age and where you are, which is what the check does.
Which of these can you actually get?
Enter your company number. We read each funder’s own page against your business and tell you which fit, which do not, and why.
Check my businessWhat kind of funding these are
- Grants
- 13
- In-kind and free support
- 2
- Equity investment
- 1
- Mixed
- 1
A grant is money you keep. A tax relief lowers a bill rather than arriving as cash. In-kind support is training, credits or expert time instead of money. Loans and equity have to be paid back or bought back, and are worth treating as a different decision entirely.
Who can apply
Every one of these has published criteria. Across the 17, the conditions that come up most are that you must:
- work in a named sector10 of 17
- be a particular kind of organisation5 of 17
- be under a headcount limit5 of 17
- be spending within a range4 of 17
- work with another organisation3 of 17
- not have started the work yet3 of 17
Which of them you meet depends on your legal form, size, age and where you are registered. That is what the check reads for you, scheme by scheme, and it quotes the funder’s own sentence beside each answer.
What the money is for
- Farming and agriculture 9
- Research and development 6
- Business growth 5
- Innovation and new products 5
- Consultancy and professional support 4
- Equipment 3
- Net zero and decarbonisation 3
- Machinery 2
How to apply
You apply to the funder, never to us. Every scheme above links straight to its own page, and that page is the only thing that decides whether you get it.
Before you spend an afternoon on a form, three things are worth checking: that you are inside the deadline — 6 of these close within the month; that you have not already started or paid for the work, which a great many grants refuse; and that you can fund the share they expect you to.
Most refusals are not close calls. They are a rule the applicant never saw, in a sentence on the funder’s own page.
Where else to look
The government publishes its own list, free, and you should use it. What is above is wider than that list, because it also holds council schemes, tax reliefs and in-kind support that Find a Grant does not carry — but if you only want a list, start there.
Find a grant, on GOV.UKThe 17 open today
Grant
Farmer Collaboration Fund
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Up to£1,000,000
Defra's Farmer Collaboration Fund pays organisations to act as 'delivery partners' that run farmer collaboration groups, helping farmers, land managers and growers share knowledge and manage land productively and sustainably. Successful delivery partners (which can include commercial businesses) receive £200,000 to £1 million a year for a three-year agreement, with around 20 grants expected and £5 million available annually.
Closes 30 September 2026The funder’s page
Mixed
Invest to Grow Programme
University of Derby
Up to£250,000
A revolving loan and grant fund run by the University of Derby that supports private-sector businesses in the East Midlands to innovate, expand and create or safeguard jobs. Support is a blend of loan and grant up to £250,000, recycled from repayments on previous awards, and is aimed at manufacturing, engineering, life sciences, construction, logistics and creative/digital businesses.
RollingThe funder’s page
Grant
Advanced Manufacturing: Measurement and Sensing Pilot
Innovate UK
Up to£80,420
A 9-month Innovate UK pilot for UK SMEs developing measurement, sensing or instrumentation technology that solves a problem for UK advanced manufacturing supply chains (automotive, aerospace, battery, space, or advanced materials). Successful businesses get a fixed grant plus tailored growth support, but must apply for exactly one set total funding amount.
Closes 7 October 2026The funder’s page
Grant
Innovation Boost
InterTradeIreland
Up to£56,000
Innovation Boost is a grant from InterTradeIreland that pays for academic expertise and a project manager to help manufacturing and tradable services SMEs on the island of Ireland run new product/service or process-improvement projects. It covers 100% of academic partner costs and 50% of a dedicated project manager's cost, up to £56,000 over 18 months or £39,000 over 12 months.
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Grant
Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG)
Forestry Commission
Up to£30,500
A two-stage grant that pays landowners, land managers and public bodies (other than Forestry England) to prepare a woodland creation design plan in England. Stage 1 pays a fixed £1,500 for a desk-based feasibility study; if the site has potential, Stage 2 pays a per-hectare rate to produce a full UK Forestry Standard-compliant design, with supplementary payments available for specialist surveys. Total funding per project is capped at £30,500.
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Grant
AD:VENTURE Growth Grant
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Up to£5,000
AD:VENTURE's Growth Grant offers West Yorkshire SMEs £1,500 to £5,000, covering up to 50% of eligible capital project costs, for growth investment such as equipment and IT. It is paid in arrears after the applicant has joined the AD:VENTURE programme and worked with a Business Manager on a diagnostic and action plan.
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Grant
Enterprising Worcestershire Grant
Worcestershire County Council
Up to£5,000
Worcestershire County Council offers the Enterprising Worcestershire Grant, a match-funded grant of £1,000 to £5,000 for start-up SMEs, or businesses trading for 3 years or less, in the districts of Bromsgrove, Redditch, Worcester City and Wyre Forest. It funds items such as machinery, equipment, website construction, marketing materials and consultancy support.
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Grant
ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 11
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Up to£2,500
A small grant that pays a farming, growing or forestry business in England to hire an external Project Facilitator to help write a Full ADOPT Grant application. The £2,500 is only paid out once the resulting Full ADOPT application has actually been submitted for assessment.
Closes 30 September 2026The funder’s page
Grant
Poultry Biosecurity Review funding
Rural Payments Agency (Defra)
Up to£1,290
Funding for poultry keepers in England to have a vet carry out a biosecurity review of their site. Businesses can claim £430 per review, for up to three reviews per site, after the vet completes an assessment and summary sheet.
Closes 30 September 2028The funder’s page
Grant
Farming Futures R&D fund: Automation and Robotics Round 2
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
A Defra/Innovate UK grant competition funding collaborative projects that develop automation and robotics for agriculture, horticulture and forestry. A UK registered business can lead a consortium, project costs must be between £500,000 and £2.5 million, and the resulting technology must benefit farmers or growers in England.
Closes 30 September 2026The funder’s page
Grant
Farming Futures R&D fund: Automation and Robotics Round 2
Innovate UK
A £20 million Innovate UK competition funding collaborative research and development projects that develop innovative automation and robotics solutions for agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Applications must be led by a UK registered business working with at least one partner organisation.
Closes 30 September 2026The funder’s page
Grant
Farming Innovation Programme: Small R&D Partnership Projects Rd 5
Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Grant funding for collaborative research and development projects that help farmers, growers and foresters in England become more productive, resilient and sustainable. Delivered by Innovate UK on behalf of Defra as part of the Farming Innovation Programme's R&D Partnerships Fund.
Closes 14 October 2026The funder’s page
In-kind support
Farm Resilience Programme
Royal Countryside Fund
A free business and environmental training programme for farm businesses, run by the Royal Countryside Fund in a set of pilot areas across the UK. Participating farms get a tailored business health check and three practical workshops covering their finances, operations and future planning, at no cost.
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In-kind support
Fit To Bid
Department for Business and Trade
A fully-funded programme of workshops and 1:1 advice delivered by Brandiun Business Support Ltd to help small and medium-sized London businesses win contracts with Tier 1 suppliers, including a bid capability assessment and tendering guidance.
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Grant
Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant
Environment Agency
This grant funds projects that install infrastructure and water management controls to safely raise water tables in England's lowland peat soils, cutting greenhouse gas emissions while supporting biodiversity, flood and drought mitigation, and more sustainable land use. Applicants must take a collaborative approach with other local stakeholders and demonstrate their support.
Closes 18 September 2026The funder’s page
Grant
Tree health pilot scheme
Forestry Commission and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
The tree health pilot scheme offers grants in England to help manage and slow the spread of specific tree pests and diseases. Separate grants cover larch, spruce and sweet chestnut affected by named pests or diseases, ash affected by ash dieback, oak affected by oak processionary moth (a local authority grant), restocking after felling, and a tree health advice package. Detailed eligibility, payment rates and application steps sit in linked guidance documents rather than on this page.
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Equity
Venture Capital Schemes (EIS, SEIS, VCT) — raise investment for your company
HM Revenue & Customs
Venture capital schemes let small and medium UK companies raise equity investment by offering their investors tax reliefs. The Enterprise Investment Scheme, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, and Venture Capital Trusts each set different limits on how much a company can raise and different eligibility conditions on company size, age and trade.
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