(Source: The Environment Agency) In an NVZ, you can apply up to 170kg per hectare of nitrogen in livestock manure (including manure deposited by livestock or by spreading) on your holding in each calendar year. This includes manure deposited directly by grazing livestock and what you spread. This limit is the loading limit and applies as an average across your holding. You can apply for a grassland derogation which gives you permission to use a higher limit of up to 250kg of nitrogen per hectare, if the nitrogen comes from grazing livestock manure. In addition to the NVZ rules, you'll need to comply with the conditions of a derogation if your application is successful. Grazing livestock are:...
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