Applications for the Future Farming Investment Scheme will open on the 14th July 2025! The scheme will provide upfront payments of up to £20,000 to help farmers invest in equipment, including Numnuts® devices and accessories to improve their business efficiency and sustainability.
Up to 100% Capital Funding for On-Farm Improvements
Funding Objective:
The Future Farming Investment Scheme (FFIS) is a capital grant scheme designed to help eligible active farmers and crofters improve the efficiency, sustainability or environmental performance of their agricultural business.
FFIS offers upfront capital funding that can cover up to 100% of eligible investment costs. The maximum level of grant is determined by the total area of eligible agricultural land (excluding common grazing shares) that businesses declared on their Single Application Form (SAF) on 15 May 2025. There is no minimum amount of support that can be applied for.
The FFIS grant will pay you up to 100% of castration and tail docking devices as per the list of FFIS a-z eligible and not eligible capital items. This includes the Numnuts® device and can include some other useful items to support your operations and improve efficiency. Take a look at the Numnuts device and our ring dispenser in the online shop.
Along with the Numnuts® device and ring dispenser, many farmers marking older lambs use a lamb marking cradle or chute instead of holding and restraining the lamb whilst the lamb has various husbandry procedures applied or administered.
Cradles
Cradles allow the lamb to be secured, freeing up hands or even another worker to help apply tags, administer a vaccine or pick up the next lamb – all improving efficiency.
We recently met Tommy from Smyth Agri, based in Northern Ireland who designed and builds these single lamb chutes with a convenient release lever.
This chute holds the lamb securely and comfortably and hangs on a race hurdle or fence bar. It leaves the handler free to get the next lamb or get on with castration and tailing (using Numnuts®) and vaccinations, tagging etc.
Chutes
Farms with larger mobs and a team of workers can utilise a chute similar to the Te-Pari Vetmarker.
As the lambs are placed at the top end of the chute each task can be applied or administered by a worker as the lamb moves down the slope. Like the cradle, the lamb is released at the end by a simple lever, freeing the lamb to walk away.
See Numnuts® in use alongside the Te-Pari Vetmarker here.
Visit ruralpayments.org for full details and the online application form.
If you’d like to discuss implementing Numnuts® on your farm please don’t hesitate to get in touch on he details below:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01896 849 641
Developed in collaboration with Moredun Research Institute
Validated by CSIRO
Developed in collaboration with Meat & Livestock Australia Limited ABN 39 081 678
Developed with funding from the AWI
Senesino Ltd
Rankine House
Unit 13 100 Borron Street
Glasgow, G4 9XG
Scotland
Company number: SC565014
Tel: +44 141 353 5490
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