Free tools for farmers
Everything here is free and works on a phone in the yard as well as on a computer in the office. Put your postcode in on the Auto Toolbox home page and the map tools open straight on your farm.
Auto Field Maps
Draw round your land on an aerial photo and Auto Field Maps finds each field for you, with its area in hectares and acres and its RPA parcel number.
It shows which Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions suit each field, so you can see what you could claim before you start an application. Field maps can be printed or shared with your agent.
Farm Funding Finder
Answer a few questions about your farm and Farm Funding Finder lists every grant, payment and free advice service you could apply for in England, Wales and Scotland, from SFI and Capital Grants to woodland and slurry funding.
Each scheme has its deadlines, what you need to apply and the paperwork to keep.
Open Farm Funding Finder here Go to www.farmfundingfinder.co.uk
Farm records and checks
Keep your medicine book, spray records and livestock movement notes on your phone. The muck and slurry checker tells you whether you can spread today under the NVZ and Farming Rules for Water closed periods.
There are also bovine TB testing rules by area and checklists to get ready for RPA, cross-compliance, Red Tractor and APHA inspections.
Open Farm records and checks here Go to www.farmfundingfinder.co.uk/records
Auto Shed Plans
Draw a new barn, shed or livestock building on an aerial photo of your farm and get scaled drawings for agricultural prior approval or a full planning application.
It checks the size and distance limits that decide whether you need planning permission.
Model my Property
See your farm as a realistic 3D model built from Environment Agency lidar, with buildings, hedges, trees and the lie of the land. Handy for planning new buildings, tracks and drainage.
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