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The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008
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Total nitrogen spread on a holding
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16. Irrespective of the figure in the plan, an occupier must ensure that the total amount of—
(a)nitrogen from manufactured fertiliser, and
(b)nitrogen available for crop uptake from livestock manure in the growing season in which it is spread,
spread on the following crops, calculated in accordance with regulation 17, does not exceed the following limits in any twelve-month period (the total amount of nitrogen permitted to be spread on any given crop is the figure in the second column, adjusted in accordance with the notes to the table and multiplied by the total area in hectares of that crop sown on the holding).
Maximum Nitrogen
| Crop | Permitted amount of nitrogen (kg)(a) | Standard yield (tonne/ha) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | ||||
(a) An additional 80 kg per hectare is permitted to all crops grown in fields if the current or previous crop has had straw or paper sludge applied to it. | ||||
(b) An additional 20 kg per hectare is permitted on fields with shallow soil (other than shallow soils over sandstone). | ||||
(c) An additional 20 kg per hectare is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield. | ||||
(d) An additional 40 kg per hectare is permitted to milling wheat varieties. | ||||
(e) This consists of a maximum of 30 kg per hectare in the autumn (allowed as an exemption to the closed period for manufactured nitrogen fertiliser) and a maximum of 220 kg per hectare in the spring. The spring amount may be increased by up to 30 kg per hectare for every half tonne that expected yield exceeds the standard yield. | ||||
(f) An additional 40 kg per hectare is permitted to grass that is cut at least three times a year. From 1st January 2012 the permitted amount of nitrogen drops to 300 kg per hectare. | ||||
| Autumn or early winter sown wheat | 220(b) (c) (d) | 8.0 | ||
| Spring-sown wheat | 180(c) (d) | 7.0 | ||
| Winter barley | 180(b) (c) | 6.5 | ||
| Spring barley | 150(c) | 5.5 | ||
| Winter oilseed rape | 250(e) | 3.5 | ||
| Sugar beet | 120 | n/a | ||
| Potatoes | 270 | n/a | ||
| Forage maize | 150 | n/a | ||
| Field beans | 0 | n/a | ||
| Peas | 0 | n/a | ||
| Grass | 330(f) | n/a | ||
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