{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-with-nature-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/schedule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-with-nature-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/schedule-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2025/101",
  "legislation_title": "The Farming with Nature Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farming-with-nature-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2025",
  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Payment rates",
  "text": "Table 1\nEligible scheme actions\nPayment rate\nArable – Flower-rich grass margin between 3 and 12 metres\n£1,422 per hectare\nArable – Grass margin between 3 and 12 metres\n£1,308 per hectare\nArable - Unharvested Cereal Margin between 3 and 12 metres\n£1,170 per hectare\nCreation of riparian buffer strip – 2 metres\n£1.41 per metre\nCreation of riparian buffer strip – 7 metres\n£4.93 per metre\nEnhanced herbal ley\n£521 per hectare\nFarmland tree planting\n£6,756 per hectare\nHerbal ley\n£467 per hectare\nManagement of 7 metre riparian buffer strips\n£0.04 per metre\nManagement of farmland tree planting\n£112 per hectare\nManagement of hedgerows\n£0.96 per metre\nMulti-species winter cover crop\n£226 per hectare\nPlanting new hedgerows\n£6.49 per metre\nRetention of winter stubble\n£99 per hectare\nTable 2\nEligible supporting actions\nPayment rate\nDrinking trough and concrete base\n£169.70 per set\nGate and two posts\n£310.29 per set\nPasture pump\n£239.06 per unit\nProtective fencing\n£6.52 per metre",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 substituted (25.6.2026) by The Farming with Nature Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/105), regs. 1(1), 2(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2025/101/schedule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:25:53.048342+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}