Grant & Scheme Engine
Scheme Engine: Questions Answered
Straight answers to the questions people actually ask.
Including the awkward ones. If something is a genuine limitation of the module we would rather say so here than let it be discovered later.
Questions answered
What people ask about Scheme Engine
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Scheme Engine is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Abrupt mid-window scheme closure. Mitigated by budget-fill gauges and early warning. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Everything included
The full capability list, grouped
Record and plan3
- Complete four-nation scheme catalogue with objectives, eligibility, rates and windows
- Eligibility engine keyed on business, holding, land parcel and enterprise data
- Rules-as-data architecture so a scheme change is a data update, not an engineering release
Operate and monitor3
- Whole-farm income optimiser across scheme actions subject to caps and area limits
- Cross-scheme double-funding and permitted-stacking rule checking
- Application pre-fill from the platform land, cropping and livestock records
Comply and evidence3
- Window opening and closing alerts with budget-fill gauge tracking
- Deadline calendar covering every application, claim and evidence date
- Agreement register with actions, areas, payment schedule and end dates
Analyse and improve3
- Evidence requirement tracking per action with automatic assembly
- Payment reconciliation against the agreement and claim
- Appeals and dispute workflow with evidence pack assembly
Detail
The short version
The flagship module and the reason the platform exists. One engine that discovers every scheme a business is eligible for across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, models the income under competing options, pre-fills the application from records the platform already holds, and warns before a window closes rather than after.
On 11 March 2025 the English Sustainable Farming Incentive closed to new applications overnight once its £1.05 billion cap was reached, with 37,000 live agreements in place and no warning to those still preparing. The reset offer that followed cut actions from 102 to 71, introduced a £100,000 annual cap and committed to publishing budget-fill updates at 25, 50 and 75 per cent — an explicit response to that shock. Meanwhile Wales launched its Sustainable Farming Scheme on 1 January 2026, Scotland moved to a four-tier framework, and Northern Ireland replaced its transition payment with the Farm Sustainability Payment. Four divergent systems, four portals, four sets of deadlines.
Everything Scheme Engine records is written into the same platform data spine as every other module, which is why a single entry can satisfy an operational need, a scheme evidence requirement, an assurance clause and a carbon activity line at once. That is the whole design premise: the work is already being done, and it is the recording of it that is duplicated.
How we handle evidence
Where these figures come from
Agrivencia grades every figure it publishes. Primary legislation, official statistics and audit reports are treated as authoritative. Levy body and professional body data is treated as reliable. Commercial trackers and trade press are treated as indicative and labelled as such. Where sources conflict, the conflict is shown rather than resolved silently.
- Authoritative Legislation, statutory instruments, official scheme rules, national audit and public accounts reporting, departmental annual reports and accredited official statistics.
- Reliable Parliamentary committee evidence, peer-reviewed research, independent economic institutes and levy body analysis.
- Supporting Professional bodies, land agents, certification schemes and industry associations.
- Indicative Commercial market trackers and trade press, used for corroboration only and always labelled.
Payment rates, caps and windows in UK farm support change frequently and sometimes without notice. Nothing on this platform is a substitute for the current published scheme rules or for professional advice.
Free download
Never Miss a Window: The Four-Nation Scheme Engine Handbook
A practical handbook, written for UK farm businesses, with the sources cited and the working shown. No sales call attached — the guide is the point.
See Scheme Engine running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours