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ADAS 

Gleadthorpe Research Centre, Meden Vale, Mansfield, Nottingham, NG20 9PF. Tel. 01623 844331
Managing Livestock Manures Leaflets (Revised 2001)
1. Making better use of livestock manures on arable land
2. Making better use of livestock manures on grassland
3. Spreading systems for slurries and solid manures (part 1)
    Spreading systems for slurries and solid manures (part 2)
4. Managing manure on organic farms
MANNER computer programme to show the crop available nutrients from a manure application
www.adas.co.uk
The Safe Sludge Matrix - Guidelines for the Application of Sewage Sludge to Agricultural Land (2001), AMPU 1234/C/2

AHDB

Improved analysis of solid manures and slurries 

Improving soils for better returns 

Agricultural Lime Association

Agriculutal Lime - The Natural Solution 

ENCASH

Software tool that will allow farmers and advisors to calculate the nitrogen production in manure produced by different types of permanently housed pigs and poultry. The nitrogen production value produced by ENCASH may be used instead of the standard values of manure N production when calculating compliance with the Livestock manure N farm limit. This limit is one of the rules for farms within Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs). The output from ENCASH can be entered into the PLANET software which is a recognised tool for carrying out calculations and producing reports which help assess and show compliance with the NVZ rules. To obtain a CD copy call 08456 023864 or email planet@adas.co.uk 

Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC)

(Select Fertilisers; then Publications and Reports; then For farmers and advisers)
Fertiliser Spreaders - Choosing, Maintaining & Using 
Code of Practice for the prevention of water pollution from the storage and handling of fluid fertilisers 
Code of Practice for the prevention of water pollution from the storage and handling of solid fertilisers 
Phosphorus in Agriculture and in Relation to Water Quality A E Johnston and C J Dawson (2005). (See section 15 Recommendations)
Secure your Fertiliser - Ten Point Plan for Fertiliser Security  BPEX 

Added Value From Pig Manures and Slurries

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise

Understanding your soil analysis laboratory report 


DairyCo

Email: info@dairyco.org.uk
grass+ Grassland Management Improvement Programme (revised March 2009)
Dairy Wizard, which includes Slurry Wizard

Defra

Fertiliser Manual  

Fertiliser Manual errata pages 

Planet 4 Farmers - Planet nutrient management software

Controlling soil erosion - A manual for the assessment and management
of agricultural land at risk of water erosion in lowland England (1999), PB4093.
Waste Minimisation Manual: Opportunities for saving MONEY by reducing WASTE on your farm (2004), PB4819. 

Protecting our Water, Soil and Air: A Code of Good Agricultural Practice for Farmers, Growers and Land Managers
Hard copies can be ordered free of charge from The Stationery Office, PO Box 29, Norwich, NR3 1GN. www.tso.co.uk

Catchment Sensitive Farming
Information on Catchment Sensitive Farming - CSF Helpline 0845 955 600

Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
NVZ Helpline 0845 345 1302
Leaflets also available in hard copy from Defra Publications, Admail 6000, London SW1A 2XX tel. 08459 556000.
Quote the document title and code.
Guidance for Farmers in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (2008).
There are nine Guidance Leaflets, you may not need them all.
1. Summary of the guidance for farmers in NVZs (PB12736 a).
2. Implementing the rules - scope, timing and enforcement (PB12736 b).
3. Standard values, manure sampling protocol and glossary (PB12736 c).
4. Storage of organic manure (PB12736 d).
5. The livestock manure N farm limit (PB12736 e).
5a. The derogated livestock manure N farm limit (PB 13343).
6. Planning nitrogen use (PB12736 f).
7. The Nmax limit (PB12736 g).
8. Field application of organic manures (PB12736 h). 
9. Field application of manufactured nitrogen fertilisers (PB12736 i).

NVZ Record keeping checklist
 

 

Environment Agency


NVZ Q&A
NVZ Fact Sheet 1: Slurry and dirty water
NVZ Fact Sheet 2: Storage of solid manures
NVZ Fact Sheet 3: Who is responsible for complying with the NVZ regulations? 

 


thinksoils, a manual for assessment of soil to avoid erosion and run-off (£8.50)
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/bestfarmingpractices
Best Farming Practices, What's in it for you… Profit from a good environment

European Fertilizer Manufacturers Association

Forecast of food, farming and fertilizer use in the European Union 2007-2017
Sustainable soil management: an achievable goal
Sustaining fertile soils and productive agriculture
Understanding nitrogen and its use in agriculture
Understanding phosphorus and its use in agriculture
Understanding potassium and its use in agriculture 
     

FACTS

www.basis-reg.com. Tel. 01335 343945
Qualified Advisers Directory, training courses etc.
FACTS Information Service: www.factsinfo.org.uk

Facts brochure 

 Farming Futures

Farming Futures fact sheets:
Climate change - opportunities and challenges
Climate change - adaptation ideas
Climate change - general ways to mitigate
Soil management
Anaerobic Digestion
Precision technology
Nutrient management 

GrowHow

GrowHow N-Min Enhanced Soil Nitrogen test with AAN 

GrowHow EnCompass nutrient planning and recording program  

GrowHow Blueprint for Action keep up to date with the latest fertiliser topics by subscribing to GrowHow Blueprint for Action topic sheets  

HGCA

HGCA Topic Sheets:
Diagnosing P and K requirements of winter wheat (19)
Non-NPK nutrient needs of cereals (44)
Managing sulphur needs of breadmaking wheat (54)
Using manures and biosolids on cereal crops (64)
Diagnosing and correcting S deficiency in wheat and rape (66)
Sulphur for yield and quality in malting barley (90)
Decision support on sulphur application to wheat (101) 

Other HGCA publications:
Nitrogen for winter wheat - management guidelines 
Calculating field-specific Crop N Requirement 


 LEAF

LEAF Audit (An Integrated Farm Management tool)

Sustainable Drainage Systems - Reduce run-off with simple drainage options. LEAF and EA report.

PAAG Professional Agricultual Analysis Group

 PAAG report 2011/12 
 PAAG report 2010/11
 PAAG report 2009/10 

PNMG Professional Nutrient Management Group

 Report on nutrient management practices 

Potash Development Association


PDA leaflets:
Phosphate and potash removal by crops
NPK content of animal manures
4. Potash manuring for arable crops
5a. Results from wheat demonstration plots
5b. Results from grass demonstration plots
6. Potash, Magnesium & Sodium
7. Watch your P's and K's for cereals
8. Principles of Potash use
11. Potash for cereals
12. Potash for sugar beet
13. Oilseed rape and potash
14. Potash for grassland
15. Potash for potatoes
16. Fodder beet - fertiliser requirements
17. Forage maize - fertiliser requirements
18. Grain legumes need potash
19. Potash for heavy soils
20. Potash and biosolids
22. NK Top dressing
23. Potash for organic growers
24. Soil analysis: key to nutrient management planning
25. What you should know about fertilisers
26. Nutrient requirements of forage crops
27. Fodder beet - P & K offtake
28. Why maintain soil potash reserves?
29. Potash and the Environnment 


Guidance on soil sampling and analysis contained in: Soil Analysis, key to nutrient management planning (Potash Development Association, Leaflet 24)'

Potato Council

Email: gcollins@potato.org.uk

Crop Nutrition for Potatoes
 

RSPB

farm-advice@rspb.org.uk
Farming to protect soil, water and wildlife

United Nations Global Partnership on Nutrient Management

Building the Foundations for Sustainable Nutrient Management 

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