Nutrient Planning and Record Keeping(3)-Shropshire Venue
'Nutrient Planning and Record Keeping'
These Nutrient Planning and Record Keeping workshops have been designed to help dairy, beef, sheep and arable farmers get the best out of fertilisers and manures.
To be held as follows:
Thursday 2nd June 11am - 3.00pm NFU Head Office, Telford
These are practical workshops which will help you set up a system for on-going annual planning/record-keeping for each of your own fields.
Designed to enable you to meet record-keeping requirements if you are in an NVZ area and want to make maximum use of expensive nutrients.
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To get the most out of the day bring along as much of the following information as possible:
For each field you intend to use as an example (at least one field), make a note of:
• the previous year's crop, and yields (if arable)
• this year's crop
• records of bag fertiliser and manures applied 2009/10
• planned or applied manures/slurries for 2011
If you have an extensive grazing system, we can discuss how to make the most of nutrients in manure.
Please bring along a calculator/pen/paper, and your RPA maps (copies) may be useful too.
If you have a pack of NVZ booklets could you bring them along, please. Otherwise order them from Defra library - tel: 020 7238 6575 and ask for PB 12736.
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Light lunch & refreshments will be provided
This event is registered for NRoSO points
Shropshire Rural Hub is working in partnership with Shropshire FWAG to ensure local delivery to suit local farmers.
To book a place on this FREE course please ring Shropshire Rural Hub on 01939 262106
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A timely reminder
NVZ checklist - are you on track?
By the end of April, farms within NVZs must be able to show:
• Records relating to slurry production and storage for the five-month storage period for cattle slurry.
• Import/export details must be included and up to date, along with sites and duration of use of FYM heaps.
• The whole farm limit for the amount of N produced during the previous year also needs to be recorded for the number and type of livestock kept on farm.
• If the farm was awarded the grassland derogation in 2010 you must send the EA records of livestock numbers, imports/exports of manure, fertiliser inventory and area of different crops to show they have complied with the terms of the grassland derogation.
