inland ditches (even if dry), a store, field run-off or by inorganic fertiliser on handling and freshwaters or You should take special surface waters, hedge being applied directly to fields there is a application of coastal waters, or care when applying lime bottoms, uncropped surface water risk of run-off to solid and liquid and manufactured areas or other habitats 294. Avoid applying surface water. The fertilisers, near a spring, well or borehole fertiliser to fields where where lime or nutrients fertiliser to a risk is greatest when particularly to 6 A land manager there is a risk of run-off may harm the natural watercourse. Full width the field is avoid polluting must ensure that to surface water, flora and fauna. You distributors such as waterlogged of frozen relevant water manufactured especially on steeply must not spread any pneumatics will not hard. Do not apply either directly fertiliser is not sloping land. You should fertiliser within the generally cause any nitrogen fertiliser or indirectly applied to not spread directly into designated buffer zone problems if you use between 1 September agricultural land ditches (even if dry), of the centre of hedges them carefully. Spinning and 1 February within two metres surface water, hedge and surface waters if disc and oscillating spout unless a crop needs it of inland bottoms, uncropped you receive the Single machines are more during this time. freshwaters or areas or other habitats Payment. This also difficult to operate so coastal waters, or where lime or nutrients applies to land within that the full application of a spring, well or may harm the natural the proximity of the top rate is spread right up borehole. flora and fauna. You of the bank of a the edge of the field. should not spread within watercourse. Attempting to achieve 2m of surface water and this can cause some wider buffers are fertiliser to go into a advisable. watercourse. You can adjust some newer machines by fitting headland discs or tilting tractor linkage to avoid this happening. Otherwise the machine should be driven further away from the watercourse, leaving an area next to the water where the application rate is lower. Use liquid fertiliser applicators in a way that avoids the wind
inland freshwaters or coastal waters, or near a spring, well or borehole 6 A land manager must ensure that manufactured fertiliser is not applied to agricultural land within two metres of inland freshwaters or coastal waters, or of a spring, well or borehole. You should take special care when applying lime and manufactured fertiliser to fields where there is a risk of run-off to surface water, especially on steeply sloping land. You should not spread directly into ditches (even if dry), surface water, hedge bottoms, uncropped areas or other habitats where lime or nutrients may harm the natural flora and fauna. You should not spread within 2m of surface water and wider buffers are advisable. ditches (even if dry), surface waters, hedge bottoms, uncropped areas or other habitats where lime or nutrients may harm the natural flora and fauna. You must not spread any fertiliser within the designated buffer zone of the centre of hedges and surface waters if you receive the Single Payment. This also applies to land within the proximity of the top of the bank of a watercourse. a store, field run-off or by being applied directly to surface water 294. Avoid applying fertiliser to a watercourse. Full width distributors such as pneumatics will not generally cause any problems if you use them carefully. Spinning disc and oscillating spout machines are more difficult to operate so that the full application rate is spread right up the edge of the field. Attempting to achieve this can cause some fertiliser to go into a watercourse. You can adjust some newer machines by fitting headland discs or tilting tractor linkage to avoid this happening. Otherwise the machine should be driven further away from the watercourse, leaving an area next to the water where the application rate is lower. Use liquid fertiliser applicators in a way that avoids the wind inorganic fertiliser on fields there is a risk of run-off to surface water. The risk is greatest when the field is waterlogged of frozen hard. Do not apply nitrogen fertiliser between 1 September and 1 February unless a crop needs it during this time. handling and application of solid and liquid fertilisers, particularly to avoid polluting relevant water either directly or indirectly