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Updated FETF guidance to reflect the closure of the first application window for animal health and welfare items at midday 1 May 2024.

Updated link for Farming Investment Fund Service in main Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 page and in HTML attachment for Apply for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024.

The first application window for productivity and slurry items closed at midday on 17 April 2024.

Updated the guidance for applying for grants of over 25,000.

Opening and closing dates for the first application window for animal health and welfare grants have been added. The item specification for FETF226A - Rubber flooring mats for cattle has changed. The item must be a rubber flooring mat for cattle housing walkways and alleyways and have interlocking or straight sides. Rubber mats for lying areas such as cubicles are not eligible.

Application window dates for animal health and welfare items have been removed. They will be published shortly.

Dates for the first application window for productivity, slurry and animal health and welfare grants have been added. Links to the Farming Investment Fund service have also been added. FETF412 - Mobile tractor powered livestock total feed ration mixer has been removed from the productivity item list. The section on Changing or withdrawing your applicationhas been changed. You cannot change your application after you've submitted it. If you withdraw your application, you cannot submit another application until a new application window opens.

Guidance has been updated to provide full details of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024.

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