The list of FETF eligible machinery items has been published. The fund includes three grants to help you buy equipment of technology to; improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.

Percentage of payments is based on the expected average cost of the item, not the invoiced cost.

Please find below a list of the OPICO distributed machines that we believe are eligible for the grant.

*N.B. FETF 2025 is administered by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). All decisions on application approvals are made by the RPA. FETF 2025 grants only available in England. Full details.

Eligible item: FarmDroid

(FETF218 - Robotic drill and guided hoe)

Item must:

• be a robotic drill and guided hoe
• precisely place seed in the ground
• mechanically weed between drilled rows
• mechanically weed between plants in rows
• be able to drill and hoe
• be able to operate autonomously in the field without an operator (apart from refilling the seed hopper)

Percentage paid towards item: 50%

Percentage based on RPA expected average cost of item

Eligible item: OPICO Variocast E (400L)

(FETF207 - Air drill for establishing cover crops)

Item must:

• be a pneumatic (air) drill
• be designed to be mounted on existing drills or soil tillage equipment
• have electronic metering
• be able to drill small cover crop seeds - for example, clover, mustard, phacelia
• use either pipes, coulters or spreader plates to place the seed
• have a minimum 3m drilling width
• have a seed hopper with a minimum 300L capacity

Percentage paid towards item: 50%

Percentage based on RPA expected average cost of item

Eligible item: OPICO Sward Lifter

(FETF112 - Grassland sward lifters)

Item must:

• be a grassland sward lifter
• have 3 minimum legs
• have adjustable depth control to a minimum 300mm
• have a cutting disc in front of each leg that cuts to a minimum 50mm depth
• have a packing roller behind each leg
• have a shear bolt or mechanical reset on each leg

Percentage paid towards item: 40%

Percentage based on RPA expected average cost of item

Eligible item: OPICO Camera-guided Inter-Row Cultivators

(FETF6 / FETF7 - Inter row hoe 3m/6m)

Item must:

• be an inter row hoe (hoeing between the crop rows)
• automatically distinguish between the crop row and weeds between the crop rows using camera recognition
• detect the position of the crop rows and automatically adjust the hoes to only remove weeds between the crop rows
• have a minimum 3m (FETF6) or 6m (FETF7) working width

Percentage paid towards item: 50%

Percentage based on RPA expected average cost of item

Eligible item: HE-VA Top Cutter Solo

(FETF110 - Cover crop roller)

Item must:

• be a cover crop roller to terminate or bruise cover crops before direct drilling
• have a minimum 3m working width
• have an uneven or ridged surface to help crimp or bruise the cover crop
• crimp or bruise the crop across the full working width of the roller

Flat rolls and rolls comprising of a series of rings are not eligible under this item.

Rollers which include cultivation equipment are not eligible.

Percentage paid towards item: 40%

Percentage based on RPA expected average cost of item

Eligible item: HE-VA Grassland Stealth

(FETF112 - Grassland sward lifters)

Item must:

• be a grassland sward lifter
• have 3 minimum legs
• have adjustable depth control to a minimum 300mm
• have a cutting disc in front of each leg that cuts to a minimum 50mm depth
• have a packing roller behind each leg
• have a shear bolt or mechanical reset on each leg

Percentage paid towards item: 40%

Percentage based on RPA expected average cost of item

Eligible item: HE-VA Top Strigle

(FETF208 - Tractor mounted stubble rake, 6m)

Item must:

• be a tractor mounted stubble rake
• have a minimum 6m working width
• only have rearwards facing straight tines without hooks or curves to lightly agitate the soil surface and spread crop residues evenly across the field
• break up damp mats of straw

Stubble rakes using any type or form of discs, packing rollers or crumbler rollers are not eligible.

Percentage paid towards item: 40%

Percentage based on RPA expected average cost of item

Eligible item: Alpego Flail Mower

(FETF200 - Tractor mounted flail mulcher for orchards and vineyards (large))

Item must:

• be a tractor mounted flail mulcher for orchards and vineyards
• be tractor PTO driven
• shred branches up to 6cm in diameter into woodchips
• have a 1.6m minimum working width
• have a 3.0m maximum working width

Percentage paid towards item: 40%

Percentage based on RPA expected average cost of item