Unlocking the potential for trees and crofts in Scotland: Payment options for integrating trees into farming systems

This report makes recommendations about the ways that trees can be carefully integrated into farming and crofting systems in Scotland, and the nature and level of payments that would be required to unlock this potential.

Although it includes recommendations for small farm woodlands, its focus is on ‘non woodland’ opportunities for tree planting which fall out with the scope of the Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS) agroforestry options.

Our suite of oven-ready payment options for tree planting on farms, endorsed by the National Farmers Union Scotland and the Scottish Crofting Federation, should make the Scottish Government's job of reforming our agricultural support system easier and fairer for farmers and the environment.