Catchment Sensitive Farming: advice for farmers and land managers
Source: gov.uk (2025-08-14)

Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.

Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) works with farmers and partners across England to produce food in a way that protects:
- water
- air
- soil
Your CSF adviser (CSFA) is locally based with an understanding of the challenges farmers face. They will work with you to take the latest advice and tailor it to best benefit your business.

CSF provides locally informed, confidential, on-farm advice to help you make decisions on:
- soil management
- nutrient, slurry, and manure management
- ammonia emission reduction
- farm infrastructure and machinery set-up
- pesticide handling
- water resources and natural flood management
- local environmental priorities
- land management
- agricultural transition, including grants
Get advice from CSF

You can ask CSF for advice by sending a completed Catchment Sensitive Farming Advice Request Form (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687115df2557debd867cc04a/Catchment_Sensitive_Farming_Advice_Request_Form.pdf) (PDF, 387 KB, 3 pages) to your local mailbox (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/catchment-sensitive-farming-reduce-agricultural-water-pollution#local-mailbox).

CSF will reply based on the environmental priorities in your area and will either:
- arrange a one to one consultation with your local CSFA within an agreed timeframe
- link to other sources of advice and information
We focus our support on farms that can make the greatest improvement to water and air quality.

Get help for queries related to capital grants (#capital-items).

Local mailboxes
- Devon and Cornwall (#devon-and-cornwall).
- East Midlands (#east-midlands).
- Humber (#humber).
- North Anglia (#north-anglia).
- North East (#north-east).
- North West (#north-west).
- Severn (#severn).
- South Anglia (#south-anglia).
- South East and Thames (#south-east-and-thames).
- Wessex (#wessex).
1. Devon and Cornwall

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- Devon
- Cornwall
2. East Midlands

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- Derbyshire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Nottinghamshire
3. Humber

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- Humberside
- North Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
4. North Anglia

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- Norfolk
- Suffolk
5. North East

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- Cleveland
- Durham
- Northumberland
- Tyne and Wear
6. North west

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- Cheshire
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
7. Severn

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- Gloucestershire
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands
- Worcestershire
8. South Anglia

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- Bedfordshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- North Buckinghamshire
9. South East and Thames

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- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Hampshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Oxfordshire
- Surrey
- Sussex
10. Wessex

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- Bristol
- Dorset
- Somerset
- Wiltshire
Capital items

Applications for Capital Grants 2025 are currently closed.

Read Capital items: guidance for applicants and agreement holders (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/capital-items-guidance-for-applicants-and-agreement-holders) for more information.

Working in partnership with CSF

CSF also works with a range of partners including:
- water companies
- local authorities
- trade bodies
- environmental organisations
- river trusts
This work includes:
- Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation programme with local authorities and the Environment Agency
- part-funding farm advisers in partnership with rivers trusts and National Parks authorities
- producing videos, tools and factsheets with Voluntary Initiative and Innovation for Agriculture
If your organisation is interested in working with CSF, email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

How CSF uses your data

For information about how CSF uses your data, or to find out how to opt out, read our privacy notice (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-england-privacy-notices/catchment-sensitive-farming).