Hubs Help Farmers to Get To Grips with NVZ Forms
We are running a series of hands on Environment Agency form filling days for West Midlands livestock farmers, to get to grips with the high level of record keeping the new NVZ action programme demands. These EA sessions are very different. Each farmer is asked to bring their own paperwork and specific farm information on the day to begin their form filling. Each session will be led by Environment Agency experts and cover some step by step calculations that each farmer needs to do to comply with the regulations.
There are nine guidance booklets so there’s a lot for a farmer to get to grips with. Farmers attending the sessions will work through standard values you need to complete the manure output, storage and nitrogen content calculations and figures showing the NMAX limits. There are a lot of calculations to be done, working out the quantity of manure the holding is producing, how much needs to be stored, what constitutes slurry and benefits of introducing better separation of washings and run off”. Calculations will be highly individual to each farm and this is the reason for bringing your individual farm information with you. By January 2012, rules require at least six months’ storage capacity for poultry manures and pig slurry, at least five months’ capacity for other types of livestock manure. Farmers will have to work out the calculations on how much storage they need.
Herefordshire Tel: 01432 870033Fax: Email: herefordshirehub@hct.ac.uk
Tues, Oct 27th Holme Lacy College, Holme Lacy HR2 6LL
Mon, Nov 2nd 7Y Services, Leominster HR6 0NX
Shropshire Tel: 01939 262106 Email: shropsruralhub@wnsc.ac.uk
Thurs, Oct 29th Edgmond Village Hall, Shrewsbury TF10 8HU
Thurs, Nov 12th The Pedigree, Oswestry SY11 4QU
Weds, Nov 25th Prees Recreational Centre SY13 2DX
Staffordshire Tel: 01785 255305 Email: info@staffordshireruralhub.org
Weds, Nov 4th Staffs Hub Office, County Showground ST18 0BD
Weds, Nov 18th Staffs Hub Office, County Showground ST18 0BD (full)
Warwickshire Tel: 02476 858242 Email: carrie@rase.org.uk
Tues, Nov 10th Council Chamber, Arthur Rank Centre, RASE CV8 2LZ
Worcestershire/ Gloucestershire Tel: 01905 622272 Email: valerie.breakwell@wrh.org.uk
Thurs, Nov 19th Taynton & Tibberton Village Hall, Taynton, Glos GL19 3AN
Tues, Dec 8th The Bell, Belbroughton, Worcs DY9 9XU
