1.Land management and Environmental management
Find out if your land is in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) and how use of nitrogen fertilisers and organic manures is restricted in NVZs.
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- Find out if your land is in an NVZ
- Using manufactured nitrogen fertilisers and organic manures in NVZs
- Land first included in an NVZ in 2013
- Cross compliance requirements
- Inspections and enforcement
- Where to get help
2.Using nitrogen fertilisers in nitrate vulnerable zones
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-nitrogen-fertilisers-in-nitrate-vulnerable-zones
Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ)
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- Fertilisers that contain nitrogen
- How much nitrogen you can apply to your crops
- How much organic manure you can use (farm and field limits)
- Plan your nitrogen use
- Assess the risk of runoff before spreading
- Where you can’t spread manufactured fertilisers or organic manures
- Using manures with high readily available nitrogen
- Work organic manures into the soil after spreading
- When you can’t spread manufactured nitrogen fertilisers (closed periods)
- Exemptions for greenhouses and low-intensity farms
- Keeping records
- Further requirements for claimants of direct payments
- Inspections
- Where to get help
3.Storing organic manures in nitrate vulnerable zones
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-organic-manures-in-nitrate-vulnerable-zones
How to provide enough storage and keep storage records of organic manures in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
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- Storing slurry and poultry manure
- Storing solid manures
- Constructing or enlarging your storage facilities
- Keeping storage records
- Where to get help
Organic manures come from animals, plants or humans. They include:
- slurry
- poultry manures
- solid manures (eg farmyard manure, sludge cake or compost)
- sewage sludge (also called biosoids)
- other liquid manures (eg abattoir waste or anaerobic digestate)
4.Grassland derogations for livestock manure in nitrate vulnerable zones
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/grassland-derogations-for-livestock-manure-in-nitrate-vulnerable-zones
What to do if the amount of livestock manure produced on your farm is likely to exceed the amount you’re allowed to spread on your land in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
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