ADAS Meetings Will Examine NVZ Proposals

ADAS Meetings Will Examine NVZ Proposals
14/09/07

ADAS is running a series of free events for farmers and their advisers on Fertiliser and Manure Management with particular reference to the new NVZ proposals.

The meetings are being organised as part of the Defra-funded Environment Sensitive Farming project.

The following events have already been set-up.

25 September	Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire
26 September	Twowaterfoot, Bodmin
27 September	Camborne, Cornwall
28 September	Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
2 October	Newcastle upon Tyne
3 October	Lanchester, Durham
15 October	Swadlincote, Debyshire
15 October	Garstang, Preston, Lancashire
16 October	Buxton, Derbyshire
16 October	Haydock, Liverpool
16 October	Penrith, Cumbria
17 October	Tugby, Leicestershire
18 October	Holmes Chapel, Cheshire
18 October	Sedgefield, Durham
18 October	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
19 October	Spalding, Lincolnshire
22 October	Wetherby, North Yorkshire
23 October	Cawood, Selby
23 October	Helmsley, York
24 October	Driffield
26 October	Goole
29 October	Pickering, North Yorkshire
31 October	Ecton, Northamptonshire

Defra’s proposals for the revision of the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) and the associated Action Programme measures were released on 21 August and the industry has until 13 November to comment.

The events will be of interest to all farmers and advisers looking to improve their nutrient management and manure handling and storage systems. They will provide an opportunity to plan fertiliser use and manure management for this and future seasons. Topics to be covered will include: the proposed changes to the NVZ requirements relevant to fertiliser and manure management; assessing crop nutrient requirements; nutrients supplied by applied manures and the soil itself; manures storage and handling; cover crops and the nutrient planning software systems, PLANET and MANNER.

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