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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