Agriculture R&D Tax Credits

UK Agriculture utilises 71% of the UK’s land, which includes areas for grazing livestock, croppable land and more.

Agriculture R&D helps the nearly half a million people working on UK farms to become more productive, enterprising and environmentally sustainable.

This can be done with livestock management, crop protection, breeding, fertilisation, waste management, equipment innovations and more.

R&D tax credits can offer agriculture businesses an additional tax deduction of up to 86% (SME example) off all qualifying innovation spend.

19 Agriculture R&D Tax Credit Examples

Qualifying agriculture R&D projects must attempt to “resolve a scientific or technological uncertainty”. This is when a qualified professional cannot see a solution to a problem without exploratory testing and development.

The testing must attempt to fill a knowledge gap within the industry, and change or create a new product, process or service.

Agriculture Product Improvements

Qualifying R&D product projects include the testing and development of new or modified:

Livestock management techniques to, for instance, increase milk production
Temperature, humidity, irrigation, lighting or ventilation management processes
Crop protection, pest control or disease reduction techniques
Biodiversity, precision or automated processes
Waste, pollution or water conservation methods
Machinery, equipment or structures
Pasteurization processes
Harvesting techniques
Bacteria, contaminant, mould or mycotoxin control methods
Produce preservation and shelf-life extension techniques
Agriculture systems/apps e.g. a health detection system
Bespoke back-office systems or coding

Agriculture R&D Process Improvements

Qualifying R&D process projects include the testing and development of new or modified:

Livestock or crop feeds and feeding techniques
Breeding or gene transfer techniques
Disease resistance in crops or livestock
Hybridisation of crops or livestock
Seeds, soil formulations or fertilisers
Crop properties to, for instance, increase yield
Accelerated growth methods

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Agriculture R&D Tax Credits

19 Agriculture R&D Tax Credit Examples

Agriculture Product Improvements

Agriculture R&D Process Improvements

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