Chemical fertiliser | Any nitrogen containing fertiliser which is manufactured by an industrial process, including blending. |
Crop requirement | The amount of nitrogen fertiliser which it is reasonable to apply to land in any year. This figure should take into account the foreseeable nitrogen requirement of the crop growing or to be grown on the land and the nitrogen supply to the crop from the soil and from other sources, including any previous applications of livestock and other organic manure. |
DM | Dry Matter. The proportion of a material (e.g. animal feed or crop produce) that remains once any moisture has been removed (usually expressed as a percentage). |
Farm* | An area or areas of land and related buildings, that are used for the growing of crops or the rearing of livestock by an individual farm business. |
Farmyard manure | A mixture of livestock manure and bedding material which can be stored as a solid and which is not capable of being pumped as a semi-solid or liquid. |
Farm Waste | A plan, often professionally prepared, to investigate the collection, storage and land |
Management Plan (FWMP) | application of livestock slurries, animal manure and other farm effluents such as dairy washings, silage effluent, drainage from draff pits, etc. |
Nitrogen fertiliser | Any substance containing a nitrogen compound or nitrogen compounds utilised on land to enhance growth of vegetation; it may include livestock manure, the residues from fish farms and sewage sludge. |
Fertiliser and | A plan to assess the crop requirement for nitrogen fertiliser for each crop on each field each |
Manure Plan | year and to establish the quantities of livestock manure produced and safe methods of collection, storage and land-application. |
Field middens | Temporary storage of farmyard manure in the field prior to spreading. |
Livestock manure | Waste products excreted by livestock or a mixture of litter and waste products excreted by livestock, even in processed form. |
Local environmental factors | This includes factors such as soil conditions, soil type, slope, climatic conditions, rainfall and irrigation, land use and agricultural practices, including crop rotation systems. |
Nitrate Vulnerable | An area of land identified and designated by Scottish Ministers that drains into waters that |
Zone (NVZ) | are, or could, be affected by nitrate pollution. |
Nitrogen compound | Any nitrogen-containing substance except for gaseous molecular nitrogen. |
Sandy Soils | Soils that are sand, loamy sand or sandy loam in texture. |
Slurry | This may be: Excreta (including any liquid fraction) produced by livestock whilst in a yard or building. A mixture consisting wholly of or containing such excreta, bedding, feed residues, rainwater and washings from a building or yard used by livestock, dungsteads or middens, high-level slatted buildings and weeping wall structures, all of which are capable of being pumped as a semi-solid or liquid.
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Uncropped Areas | Areas that are not being used for crops or grazing. |