The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009

Amendment of Schedule 3

9.—(1) Schedule 3 (calculation of maximum nitrogen application to crops) is amended as follows.

(2) For Table 1, substitute—

“Table 1

Nitrogen Residue Group 1 – Previous Crops in Nitrogen Residue Group 1 are: cereals, carrots, swedes, turnips (removed) & linseed

		Predominant Soil Type in Field
Planned crop	Standard yield (t/ha)	Sand or shallow	Sandy loam or other mineral	Humose	Peaty
Adjustments
(a) For wheat, an additional 20kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(b) For wheat, an additional 40kgN/ha is permitted to milling wheat varieties.
(c) For barley and oats, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(d) On winter oil seed rape, the spring application can be increased by up to 30kgN/ha if the expected yield is over 4.0t/ha.
(e) On spring barley, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for high N grain distilling varieties.
There is no upward adjustment for excess winter rainfall on N Residue Group 1 Crops
Spring Barley(c) (e)	5.5	150	130	80	50
Winter Barley(c)	6.5	200	180	120	80
Spring Wheat(a) (b)	7.0	170	150	100	60
Winter Wheat(a) (b)	8.0	220	200	140	80
Spring Oats(c)	5.0	120	100	50	20
Winter Oats(c)	6.0	160	140	90	50
Spring Oilseed Rape	n/a	100	100	50	20
Winter Oilseed Rape (spring)(d)	4.0	200	200	120	80
Winter Oilseed Rape (autumn)	n/a	30	30	30	30
Potatoes	n/a	245	225	175	145
Forage Maize, Rape	n/a	140	120	70	40
Kale	n/a	180	160	100	60
Swedes and Turnips	n/a	110	90	50	20
Linseed	n/a	80	60	30	0

Nitrogen Residue Group 2 - Previous Crops in Nitrogen Residue Group 2 are: - harvested fodder (whole crop), oilseed rape, hemp, vining peas & potatoes

(1) low N means average N use in last 2 years was less than 150kg/ha/year

Grassland Management Regimes in Residue Group 2: - 1-2 year low N leys(1), not grazed within 2 months of ploughing out or during September or October

		Predominant Soil Type in Field
Planned crop	Standard yield (t/ha)	Sand or shallow	Sandy loam or Other mineral	Humose	Peaty
(a) For wheat, an additional 20kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(b) For wheat, an additional 40kgN/ha is permitted to milling wheat varieties.
(c) For barley and oats, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(d) On winter oil seed rape, the spring application can be increased by up to 30kgN/ha if the expected yield is over 4.0t/ha.
(e) On spring barley, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for high N grain distilling varieties.
If actual localised rainfall from 1st Oct – 1st March exceeds 450 mm: add 10kgN/ha
Spring Barley(c) (e)	5.5	140	120	70	40
Winter Barley(c)	6.5	190	170	110	70
Spring Wheat(a) (b)	7.0	160	140	90	50
Winter Wheat(a) (b)	8.0	210	190	130	70
Spring Oats(c)	5.0	110	90	40	10
Winter Oats(c)	6.0	150	130	80	40
Spring Oilseed Rape	n/a	90	90	40	10
Winter Oilseed Rape (spring)(d)	4.0	190	190	110	70
Winter Oilseed Rape (autumn)	n/a	20	20	20	20
Potatoes	n/a	235	215	165	135
Forage Maize, Rape	n/a	130	110	60	30
Kale	n/a	170	150	90	50
Swedes and Turnips	n/a	100	80	40	10
Linseed	n/a	70	50	20	0
Adjustments

Nitrogen Residue Group 3 - Previous Crops in Nitrogen Residue Group 3 are: - harvested fodder (root only), beans, combining peas & whole crop lupins

(2) high N means average N use in last 2 years was more than 150kg/ha/year, or high clover
Grassland Management Regimes in Residue Group 3:	1-2 year low N leys, grazed within 2 months of ploughing out or during September or October
	1-2 year high N leys(2), not grazed within 2 months of ploughing out or during September or October
	Thin permanent grass, low N, no clover

		Predominant Soil Type in Field
Planned crop	Standard yield (t/ha)	Sand or shallow	Sandy loam or other mineral	Humose	Peaty
Adjustments
(a) For wheat, an additional 20kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(b) For wheat, an additional 40kgN/ha is permitted to milling wheat varieties.
(c) For barley and oats, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(d) On winter oil seed rape, the spring application can be increased by up to 30kgN/ha if the expected yield is over 4.0t/ha.
(e) On spring barley, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for high N grain distilling varieties.
If actual local rainfall from 1st Oct – 1st March exceeds 450 mm: add 20kgN/ha to crops grown in sandy, shallow or sandy loam soils add 10kgN/ha to crops grown in other mineral, humose and peaty soils
Spring Barley(c) (e)	5.5	130	110	60	30
Winter Barley(c)	6.5	180	160	100	60
Spring Wheat (a) (b)	7.0	150	130	80	40
Winter Wheat (a) (b)	8.0	200	180	120	60
Spring Oats (c)	5.0	100	80	30	0
Winter Oats (c)	6.0	140	120	70	30
Spring Oilseed Rape	n/a	80	80	30	0
Winter Oilseed Rape (spring) (d)	4.0	180	180	100	60
Winter Oilseed Rape (autumn)	n/a	10	10	10	10
Potatoes	n/a	225	205	155	125
Forage Maize, Rape	n/a	120	100	50	20
Kale	n/a	160	140	80	40
Swedes and Turnips	n/a	90	70	30	0
Linseed	n/a	60	40	10	0

Nitrogen Residue Group 4 - Previous Crops in Nitrogen Residue Group 4 is: - grain lupin

Grassland Management Regimes in Residue Group 4:		-	1-2 year high N leys, grazed within 2 months of ploughing out or during September or October
		-	3-5 year low N leys², not grazed within 2 months of ploughing out or during September or October
		-	Thick permanent grass, low N

		Predominant Soil Type in Field
Planned crop	Standard yield (t/ha)	Sand or shallow	Sandy loam or other mineral	Humose	Peaty
Adjustments
(a) For wheat, an additional 20kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(b) For wheat, an additional 40kgN/ha is permitted to milling wheat varieties.
(c) For barley and oats, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(d) On winter oil seed rape, the spring application can be increased by up to 30kgN/ha if the expected yield is over 4.0t/ha.
(e) On spring barley, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for high N grain distilling varieties.
If actual local rainfall from 1st Oct – 1st March exceeds 450 mm: add 20kgN/ha to crops grown in sandy, shallow or sandy loam soils add 10kgN/ha to crops grown in other mineral, humose and peaty soils
Spring Barley(c) (e)	5.5	110	90	40	10
Winter Barley(c)	6.5	170	140	80	40
Spring Wheat(a) (b)	7.0	130	110	60	20
Winter Wheat(a) (b)	8.0	180	160	100	40
Spring Oats(c)	5.0	80	60	10	0
Winter Oats(c)	6.0	130	100	50	10
Spring Oilseed Rape	n/a	60	60	10	0
Winter Oilseed Rape (spring)(d)	4.0	140	140	80	40
Winter Oilseed Rape (autumn)	n/a	0	0	0	0
Potatoes	n/a	205	185	145	115
Forage Maize, Rape	n/a	100	80	30	0
Kale	n/a	140	120	60	20
Swedes and Turnips	n/a	80	60	20	0
Linseed	n/a	10	0	0	0

Nitrogen Residue Group 5 - Previous Crops in Nitrogen Residue Group 5 are: - leafy brassica vegetables, leafy non-brassica vegetables & grazed fodder

Grassland Management Regimes in Residue Group 5:		-	3 - 5 year high N leys, not grazed within 2 months of ploughing out or during September or October
		-	3 - 5 year low N leys, grazed within 2 months of ploughing out or during September or October
		-	Permanent grass, high N, not grazed within 2 months of ploughing out or during September or October

		Predominant Soil Type in Field
Planned crop	Standard yield (t/ha)	Sand or shallow	Sandy loam or other mineral	Humose	Peaty
Adjustments
(a) For wheat, an additional 20kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(b) For wheat, an additional 40kgN/ha is permitted to milling wheat varieties.
(c) For barley and oats, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(d) On winter oil seed rape, the spring application can be increased by up to 30kgN/ha if the expected yield is over 4.0t/ha.
(e) On spring barley, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for high N grain distilling varieties.
If actual local rainfall from 1st Oct – 1st March exceeds 450 mm: add 20kgN/ha to crops grown in sandy, shallow or sandy loam soils add 10kgN/ha to crops grown in other mineral, humose and peaty soils
Spring Barley(c) (e)	5.5	80	60	10	0
Winter Barley(c)	6.5	140	110	50	10
Spring Wheat(a) (b)	7.0	100	80	30	0
Winter Wheat(a) (b)	8.0	150	130	70	10
Spring Oats(c)	5.0	50	30	0	0
Winter Oats(c)	6.0	100	70	20	0
Spring Oilseed Rape	n/a	30	30	0	0
Winter Oilseed Rape (spring)(d)	4.0	110	110	50	0
Winter Oilseed Rape (autumn)	n/a	0	0	0	0
Potatoes	n/a	175	155	135	105
Forage Maize, Rape	n/a	70	50	0	0
Kale	n/a	110	90	30	0
Swedes and Turnips	n/a	70	50	10	0
Linseed	n/a	10	0	0	0

Nitrogen Residue Group 6

Management Regimes in Residue Group 6:	-	3 -5 year high N leys, grazed within 2 months of ploughing out
	-	permanent grass, high N, grazed within 2 months of ploughing out

		Predominant Soil Type in Field
Planned crop	Standard yield (t/ha)	Sand or shallow	Sandy loam or other mineral	Humose	Peaty
Adjustments
(a) For wheat, an additional 20kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(b) For wheat, an additional 40kgN/ha is permitted to milling wheat varieties.
(c) For barley and oats, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
(d) On winter oil seed rape, the spring application can be increased by up to 30kgN/ha if the expected yield is over 4.0t/ha.
(e) On spring barley, an additional 15kgN/ha is permitted for high N grain distilling varieties.
If actual local rainfall from 1 Oct – 1 March exceeds 450 mm: add 20kgN/ha to crops grown in sandy, shallow or sandy loam soils add 10kgN/ha to crops grown in other mineral, humose and peaty soils
Spring Barley(c) (e)	5.5	40	20	0	0
Winter Barley(c)	6.5	100	70	10	0
Spring Wheat(a) (b)	7.0	70	0	0	0
Winter Wheat(a) (b)	8.0	110	90	30	0
Spring Oats(c)	5.0	10	0	0	0
Winter Oats(c)	6.0	60	30	0	0
Spring Oilseed Rape	n/a	0	0	0	0
Winter Oilseed Rape (spring)(d)	4.0	70	70	10	0
Winter Oilseed Rape (autumn)	n/a	0	0	0	0
Potatoes	n/a	135	115	115	115
Forage Maize, Rape	n/a	30	10	0	0
Kale	n/a	70	50	0	0
Swedes and Turnips	n/a	50	30	0	0
Linseed	n/a	0	0	0	0

(3) For Table 4, Part C, substitute—

“PART C

Cattle, Dirty Water and Pig Slurry – Percentage of nitrogen available to next crop following Cattle Slurry, Dirty Water and Pig Slurry applications (use the value in brackets for grassland and winter oilseed rape cropping).

					Autumn		Winter		Spring	Summer use on Grassland
					August-October		November-January		Feb - April
Manure Type	Dry Matter %	Ref No.	Incorporation time/method	Total N (kg/t)	Sands Sandy Loams Shallow	All other soils	Sands Sandy Loams Shallow	All other soils	All Soils
Cattle slurry – Surface applied	2	12	Not incorporated	1.6	20	30 (35)	30	30	45	30
Cattle slurry – Surface applied	6	13	Not incorporated	2.6	20	25 (30)	25	25	35	25
Cattle slurry – Surface applied	10	14	Not incorporated	3.6	20	20 (25)	20	20	25	20
Cattle slurry – ploughed in	2	15	Within 6 hrs	1.6	20	35 (40)	30	35	50	N/A
Cattle slurry – ploughed in	6	16	Within 6 hrs	2.6	20	30 (35)	25	30	40	N/A
Cattle slurry – ploughed in	10	17	Within 6 hrs	3.6	20	25 (30)	20	25	30	N/A
Cattle slurry – Band-spread	2	18	Band-spread	1.6	20	30 (35)	30	30	50	40
Cattle slurry – Band-spread	6	19	Band-spread	2.6	20	25 (30)	25	25	40	30
Cattle slurry – Band-spread	10	20	Band-spread	3.6	20	20 (25)	20	20	30	25
Cattle slurry – shallow injected	2	21	Shallow injected	1.6	20	30 (35)	35	35	55	45
Cattle slurry – shallow injected	6	22	Shallow injected	2.6	20	25 (30)	30	30	45	35
Cattle slurry – shallow injected	10	23	Shallow injected	3.6	20	20 (25)	25	25	35	30
Separated – Strainer box	*	24	Select from above	1.5	*Use the appropriate values for 2% dry matter cattle slurry
Separated – Weeping wall	*	25		2
Separated – Mechanical	*	26		3
Dirty Water	0.5	27	Not incorporated	0.5	20	35 (40)	35	35	50	30
Pig slurry – surface applied	2	28	Not incorporated	3.0	25	35 (40)	40	40	55	55
Pig slurry – surface applied	4	29	Not incorporated	3.6	25	30 (35)	35	35	50	50
Pig slurry – surface applied	6	30	Not incorporated	4.4	25	25 (30)	30	30	45	45
Pig slurry – ploughed in	2	31	Within 6 hrs	3.0	25	45 (50)	35	50	65	N/A
Pig slurry – ploughed in	4	32	Within 6 hrs	3.6	25	40 (45)	30	45	60	N/A
Pig slurry – ploughed in	6	33	Within 6 hrs	4.4	25	40 (45)	30	40	55	N/A
Pig slurry – Band-spread	2	34	Band-spread	3.0	25	35 (40)	40	40	60	60
Pig slurry – Band-spread	4	35	Band-spread	3.6	25	35 (40)	35	35	55	55
Pig slurry – Band-spread	6	36	Band-spread	4.4	25	30 (35)	35	35	50	50
Pig slurry - shallow injected	2	37	Shallow injected	3.0	25	40 (45)	45	45	65	65
Pig slurry - shallow injected	4	38	Shallow injected	3.6	25	35 (40)	40	40	60	60
Pig slurry - shallow injected	6	39	Shallow injected	4.4	25	35 (40)	40	40	55	55
Mechanical separator	**	40	Select from above	3.6	**Use the appropriate value for 2% dry matter pig slurry”