R&D Tax Relief in Agriculture

Recent years have brought significant challenges for UK agriculture, including the ongoing transition from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy to the UK's Environmental Land Management schemes, combined with escalating fertiliser costs and recent reforms to IHT that limit APR. Farmers are focusing on new approaches to future-proof operations through innovations.

What in Agriculture can Qualify

  • Sustainable Fertiliser & Soil Health Innovations

    Testing novel fertilisers, microbial inoculants, or amendments for better weed suppression, nutrient efficiency, and soil carbon sequestration, through field trials and analysis to achieve improved outcomes where standard products fall short.

  • Livestock Health & Nutrition Advancements

    Investigating feed formulations, probiotic supplements, or health protocols to boost growth rates, disease resistance, or antibiotic reduction, through controlled trials and performance monitoring that attempt to resolve technical uncertainties in animal production.

  • Low-Emission & Climate-Smart Farming Techniques

    Designing and trialling methods to cut emissions, optimise nutrient use, or integrate renewables (e.g., on-farm biogas or solar-powered systems), involving experimentation to balance productivity, cost, and environmental goals.

  • Automation in Farming

    Prototyping or customising robots for targeted weed removal, selective spraying, or harvesting to reduce chemical use and labour, including iterative development and testing to handle environmental factors effectively.

  • Crop Trials

    Experimenting with new hybrids, cover crops, or genetic approaches for drought resistance, disease tolerance, or higher yields, using methodical trials and data analysis beyond established methods.

  • Low-Emission & Climate-Smart Farming Techniques

    Designing and trialling methods to cut emissions, optimise nutrient use, or integrate renewables (e.g., on-farm biogas or solar-powered systems), involving experimentation to balance productivity, cost, and environmental goals in challenging conditions.

  • Vertical Farming & Controlled Environment Systems

    Developing or adapting vertical farming setups, including optimised LED lighting, climate control, hydroponic/aeroponic nutrient delivery, or energy-efficient configurations, to improve crop yield, energy consumption, or scalability, through iterative trials, system calibration, and performance testing.

How we partner with you

  • Discuss to understand which government incentives are applicable today, and could be applicable in future.

  • Identify the relevant periods available for a claim and discuss the relevant projects in detail to understand where the technical uncertainty and subsequent advancements is.

  • Create a compliant technical narrative justifying how the project(s) meet the eligible criteria and associate the relevant qualifying expenditure to the relevant project(s)

  • Given our expertise in understanding the ever-evolving R&D legislation, we offer a enquiry defence service. Where we will comprehensively review the claim in dispute, the case HMRC have put forward and if viable, defend the claim in question.

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