The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Wales) Regulations 2013

Regulations 6 and 39

SCHEDULE 1 Amount of manure, nitrogen and phosphate produced by grazing livestock and non-grazing livestock

Table 1

Grazing livestock

Category				Daily manure produced by each animal (litres)	Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)	Daily phosphate produced by each animal (grams)
(a) Castrated male.
(b) In the case of a ewe, this figure includes one or more suckled lambs until the lambs are aged six months.
Cattle
Calves (all categories except veal) up to 3 months:				7	23	12.7
Dairy cows—	From 3 months and less than 13 months:			20	95	34
	From 13 months up to first calf:			40	167	69
	After first calf and—		annual milk yield more than 9000 litres:	64	315	142
			annual milk yield between 6000 and 9000 litres:	53	276	121
			annual milk yield less than 6000 litres:	42	211	93
Beef cows or steers(a)—	From 3 months and less than 13 months:			20	91	33
	From 13 months and less than 25 months:			26	137	43
	From 25 months—	females or steers for slaughter:		32	137	60
		females for breeding—	weighing 500kg or less:	32	167	65
			weighing more than 500kg:	45	227	86
Bulls	Non-breeding, 3 months and over:			26	148	24
	Breeding—		from 3 months and less than 25 months:	26	137	43
			from 25 months:	26	132	60
Sheep
From 6 months up to 9 months old:				1.8	5.5	0.76
From 9 months old to first lambing, first tupping or slaughter:				1.8	3.9	2.1
After lambing or tupping(b)—			weight less than 60kg:	3.3	21	8.8
			weight from 60kg:	5	33	10.0
Goats, deer and horses
Goats:				3.5	41	18.8
Deer—			breeding:	542	17.6
			other:	3.5	33	11.7
Horses:				24	58	56

Table 2

Non-grazing livestock

Category			Daily manure produced by each animal (litres)	Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)	Daily phosphate produced by each animal (grams)
(a) Note: all figures for poultry include litter.
Cattle
Veal calves:			7	23	12.7
Poultry(a)
Chickens used for production of eggs for human consumption—		less than 17 weeks:	0.04	0.64	0.47
		from 17 weeks (caged):	0.12	1.13	1.0
		from 17 weeks (not caged):	0.12	1.5	1.1
Chickens raised for meat:			0.06	1.06	0.72
Chickens raised for breeding—		less than 25 weeks:	0.04	0.86	0.78
		from 25 weeks:	0.12	2.02	1.5
Turkeys—		male:	0.16	3.74	3.1
		female:	0.12	2.83	2.3
Ducks:			0.10	2.48	2.4
Ostriches:			1.6	3.83	18.5
Pigs
Weight from 7kg and less than 13kg:			1.3	4.1	1.3
Weight from 13kg and less than 31kg:			2	14.2	6.0
Weight from 31kg and less than 66kg—	dry fed:		3.7	24	12.1
	liquid fed:		7.1	24	12.1
Weight from 66kg and—	intended for slaughter—	dry fed:	5.1	33	17.9
		liquid fed:	10	33	17.9
	sows intended for breeding that have not yet had their first litter:		5.6	38	20
	sows (including their litters up to a weight of 7kg per piglet) fed on a diet supplemented with synthetic amino acids:		10.9	44	37
	sows (including their litters up to a weight of 7kg per piglet) fed on a diet without synthetic amino acids:		10.9	49	37
	breeding boars from 66kg up to 150kg:		5.1	33	17.9
	breeding boars, from 150kg:		8.7	48	28