Farming Investment Fund: Applications for the Adding Value grant now open

• Equipment for preparing or processing edible agricultural products for added value sales
• Equipment for ‘second stage’ processing of grain – for example, colour sorting, blending
• Equipment for processing non-edible agricultural products into new products (for example, flax, hemp, wool, hides, and skins)
• Equipment for retailing eligible agricultural products (for example, vending machines or display facilities)
• Premises for the preparation or processing of added value agricultural products including associated integral storage areas

• A grower or other producer of agricultural products
• A business processing agricultural or horticultural products which is at least 50% owned by agricultural or horticultural producers

• Projects (examples here) include:
  • Processing agricultural products
  • Adding value to agricultural products
  • Retailing
• RPA looking for projects to provide wider benefits such as environmental benefits
• A list of eligible agricultural products under the Adding Value grant can be found here

An eligibility and desirability check

This online checker went live on 9 June 2022.

An invitation

You will then have until 31 January 2024 to submit your full application. If you need planning permission, this must be approved and submitted with your full application.