{"id":8344,"date":"2021-08-18T08:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/?p=8344"},"modified":"2021-08-18T08:49:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:49:28","slug":"meeting-manure-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>By Alastair Johnston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Following months of collaborative work, the Environment Agency (EA) has issued new guidance on the spreading of organic manures which is set to affect farmers and land managers in England.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Rule 1 of the Farming Rules for Water, in Spreading organic manures on agricultural land: Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 252, farmers will be permitted to spread slurry or manure in autumn if there is no pollution risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RPS 252 will be in place for the next 6 months, with the EA confirming that it has relaxed enforcement rules until the 1<sup>st<\/sup> March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underline wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the Farming Rules for Water?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The rules governing the use and spreading of organic manures were set in November 2017 (revised March 2018) and they were put in place to tackle the issue of diffusion pollution from agricultural land. This includes run-off and leaching of nutrients into surface and ground water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, the rules require farmers to justify why they need to apply organic manures in the autumn. Land managers must also plan their applications of fertiliser and organic manures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They apply across the whole of England. Those in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) should also follow the NVZ rules that have additional requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organic manures can only be spread on low leaching and run-off risk land. That is where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The soil is <strong>not sandy or shallow<\/strong>, within the meaning of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2015\/668\/contents\/made\">Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015<\/a><\/li><li>The land is <strong>not left bare over winter<\/strong><\/li><li>It is land with an average slope of <strong>fewer than 8 degrees<\/strong>, and drainage is not impeded<\/li><li>The soil <strong>is not<\/strong> at field capacity above a land drainage system or shallow groundwater<\/li><li>The land has not been <strong>pipe-drained, mole-drained or sub-soiled<\/strong> in the last 12 months<\/li><li>The land is not within a designated groundwater source <strong>protection zone 1<\/strong><\/li><li>Farmers spread at least <strong>10 metres<\/strong> from surface water or a conduit leading to surface water<\/li><li>Farmers spread at least <strong>50 metres<\/strong> from springs, well and boreholes<\/li><li>If there is a risk of <strong>nitrate-nitrogen leaching<\/strong> at above 5kg\/ha<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers and land managers too must carry out regular checks before, during and after spreading to make sure there is no pollution taking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underline wp-block-heading\"><strong>The enforcement of the RPS 252<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Regulatory Position Statement released on the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> August 2021 is not a derogation, it has given land managers some leeway over the details set out in the \u2018Farming Rules for Water\u2019. You&nbsp;can have a plan to apply organic manure to agricultural land that may exceed the needs of the soil or crop on that land, but the plan must not cause a risk of pollution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are required to pre-notify the Environment Agency if they plan to spread organic manure this autumn, stating where they need to apply and where. If they risk breaching the Farming Rules for Water, then they too are expected to contact the EA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of where farmers <strong>cannot comply<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Unavoidable production of solid livestock manure or slurry and no available storage, followed by spreading on cropped land with an application that exceeds the needs of the soil and crop<\/li><li>No available storage for treated sludge from sewage plants treating domestic or urban waste waters (biosolids), supplied within a contract with the sludge producer, followed by unavoidable spreading on cropped land with an application that exceeds the needs of the soil and crop<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, land managers and farmers need to prove that spreading is their only option. This will be formed in the shape of a contingency plan, which must include field inspections to check if organic manure is getting into surface water or groundwater. It too is essential that all staff and contractors are aware of the contingency plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can find further information on the RPS 252 and the Farming Rules for Water <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npa-uk.org.uk\/hres\/EA%20QA\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/our-services\/farm-consultancy\/\">Farm Business Consultants<\/a> are on hand to offer guidance and support on what you need to do to meet manure regulations and how to curate a valid contingency plan. We&#8217;ll work with you to evaluate the requirements of your farm and what approach to take when it comes to being compliant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\t<section id=\"\" class=\"alignfull section-wrapper section-wrapper-fluid section-wrapper-banner\" data-magellan-target=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-wrapper-background\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2021\/08\/Postcard-Transition-Fund.png');\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"section-wrapper-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"section-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"article article-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Did you know that we\u2019re offering free one-to-one advisory support to assist you through the agricultural transition, as part of Defra\u2019s Future Farming Resilience Fund?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are accepting applications now from the Dairy, Beef and Sheep sectors in England.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to support you through this agricultural transition by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identifying how, what and when you may need to adapt your business model<\/li>\n<li>Helping you to evaluate the changes that are happening, how it will impact on your BPS and the other opportunities that are on offer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To make the most of this opportunity, register your interest now!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jtnplqngb1z.typeform.com\/to\/g3ycrE2n\" class=\"button\">Register now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alastair Johnston Following months of collaborative work, the Environment Agency (EA) has issued new guidance on the spreading of organic manures which is set to affect farmers and land managers in England. Under Rule 1 of the Farming Rules for Water, in Spreading organic manures on agricultural land: Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 252, farmers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":512,"featured_media":8350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"abs_type":[7],"pro_group":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.1 (Yoast SEO v19.10) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Farmers can now plan to apply manure to land that may exceed the needs of the soil or crop, but the plan must not cause a risk of pollution.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Farmers can now plan to apply manure to land that may exceed the needs of the soil or crop, but the plan must not cause a risk of pollution.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Promar Italy DEV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-18T08:49:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2021\/08\/manure-6135606_1920.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nehajain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"nehajain\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"nehajain\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/3d79398358756c6945401c9b48404f6d\"},\"headline\":\"What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-18T08:49:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-18T08:49:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/\"},\"wordCount\":688,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Farm Profitability\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/\",\"name\":\"What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-18T08:49:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-18T08:49:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Farmers can now plan to apply manure to land that may exceed the needs of the soil or crop, but the plan must not cause a risk of pollution.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/\",\"name\":\"Promar Italy DEV\",\"description\":\"Provider of farm and agri food consultant business advice services in UK and worldwide\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Promar Italy DEV\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/02\/PromarLogo_FINAL_Cropped_v2.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/02\/PromarLogo_FINAL_Cropped_v2.svg\",\"width\":1064,\"height\":722,\"caption\":\"Promar Italy DEV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/3d79398358756c6945401c9b48404f6d\",\"name\":\"nehajain\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/author\/nehajain\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?","description":"Farmers can now plan to apply manure to land that may exceed the needs of the soil or crop, but the plan must not cause a risk of pollution.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?","og_description":"Farmers can now plan to apply manure to land that may exceed the needs of the soil or crop, but the plan must not cause a risk of pollution.","og_url":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/","og_site_name":"Promar Italy DEV","article_published_time":"2021-08-18T08:49:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2021\/08\/manure-6135606_1920.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"nehajain","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"nehajain","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/"},"author":{"name":"nehajain","@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/3d79398358756c6945401c9b48404f6d"},"headline":"What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?","datePublished":"2021-08-18T08:49:28+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-18T08:49:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/"},"wordCount":688,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Farm Profitability"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/","url":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/","name":"What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-08-18T08:49:28+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-18T08:49:28+00:00","description":"Farmers can now plan to apply manure to land that may exceed the needs of the soil or crop, but the plan must not cause a risk of pollution.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/meeting-manure-regulations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What do you need to do to meet manure regulations?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/","name":"Promar Italy DEV","description":"Provider of farm and agri food consultant business advice services in UK and worldwide","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#organization","name":"Promar Italy DEV","url":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/02\/PromarLogo_FINAL_Cropped_v2.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/02\/PromarLogo_FINAL_Cropped_v2.svg","width":1064,"height":722,"caption":"Promar Italy DEV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/3d79398358756c6945401c9b48404f6d","name":"nehajain","url":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/author\/nehajain\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2021\/08\/manure-6135606_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8344"},{"taxonomy":"abs_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abs_type?post=8344"},{"taxonomy":"pro_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pro_group?post=8344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}