Subsidies and grants contribute between 5% and 7% of the farm's total income.

The main subsidy is Arable Area Aid. This is paid for cereal crops grown, at a rate per hectare decided each year by the European Union. Its aim is to compensate farmers for loss of income suffered through the compulsory requirement to 'set-aside' some of the land from production.

Various grants are available for conservation work, such as tree and hedge planting or dry stone wall maintenance. The farm takes advantage of some of these, but does much work beyond the limit for claiming grants. The grants are not aimed at covering all the costs of the projects. The farm has to fund most of the work, and any ongoing maintenance beyond the period covered by the grant.

The farm has a Countryside Stewardship agreement that assists with various environmentally benificial operations which the business could not fund otherwise.