Catchment Sensitive Farming: reduce water and air pollution

Training, advice and grant support for farmers and land managers to reduce water and air pollution from agriculture.   Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) is a partnership between the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, the Environment Agency and Natural England. It works with farmers and a range of other partners to improve water and air quality in high priority areas. CSF offers farmers free training, advice and support for grant applications.

Published    9 September 2014  Last updated  – 1 December 2021 — See all updates

Contents

1. Find out if your land’s in a high priority area
2. Training and advice
3. Partnerships
4. Contact your local adviser

To see if land is in a high priority area:

1. Go to MAGIC.
2. In Table of Contents, select ‘Countryside Stewardship Targeting & Scoring Layers’, then ‘Water’, then ‘Countryside Stewardship Water Quality Priority Areas (England)’.
3. In search box, enter place or postcode and hit return.
4. The map shows high priority (red) and medium priority (yellow) areas.
5. Click the ‘Identify’ icon on the toolbar (the ‘i’ in a white circle).
6. Move the crosshairs over your land and left-click the mouse.
7. The pop-up window shows location details and if the land’s in a high priority area.

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