{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-pollution-prevention-regulations-2015/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-pollution-prevention-regulations-2015/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/668",
  "legislation_title": "The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-pollution-prevention-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Manure, nitrogen and phosphate produced by livestock",
  "text": "Grazing livestock\nCategory\nDaily manure produced by each animal (litres)\nDaily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)\nDaily phosphate produced by each animal (grams)\n(1)In the case of a ewe, the figures include one or more suckled lambs until the lambs are aged 6 months.\nCattle\nCalf (all categories except veal) younger than 2 months\n7\n23\n12.7\nDairy cow—\nFrom 2 months to less than 12 months\n20\n95\n34\nFrom 12 months up to first calf\n40\n167\n69\nAfter first calf and—\nannual milk yield more than 9000 litres\n64\n315\n142\nannual milk yield between 6000 and 9000 litres\n53\n276\n121\nannual milk yield less than 6000 litres\n42\n211\n93\nBeef cow or steer—\nFrom 2 months to less than 12 months\n20\n91\n33\nFrom 12 months to less than 24 months\n26\n137\n43\nFrom 24 months—\nfemales or steers for slaughter\n32\n137\n60\nfemales for breeding—\nweighing 500kg or less\n32\n167\n65\nweighing more than 500kg\n45\n227\n86\nBulls—\nNon-breeding, 2 months and over\n26\n148\n24\nBreeding—\nfrom 2 months to less than 24 months\n26\n137\n43\nfrom 24 months\n26\n132\n60\nSheep\nFrom 6 months up to 9 months\n1.8\n5.5\n0.76\nFrom 9 months to first lambing, first tupping or slaughter\n1.8\n3.9\n2.1\nAfter lambing or tupping—\nweighing less than 60kg\n3.3\n21\n8.8\nweighing 60kg or more\n5\n33\n10\nGoat, deer and horse\nGoat\n3.5\n41\n18.8\nDeer—\nbreeding\n5\n42\n17.6\nother\n3.5\n33\n11.7\nHorse\n24\n58\n56\nNon-grazing livestock\nCategory\nDaily manure produced by each animal (litres or, in the case of poultry, kilograms)\nDaily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)\nDaily phosphate produced by each animal (grams)\n(1)All figures for poultry include litter\nCattle\nVeal calf\n7\n23\n12.7\nPoultry\nChicken used for producing eggs for human consumption—\nless than 17 weeks\n0.04\n0.64\n0.47\nfrom 17 weeks (caged)\n0.12\n1.13\n1.0\nfrom 17 weeks (not caged)\n0.12\n1.5\n1.1\nChickens raised for meat\n0.06\n1.06\n0.72\nChickens raised for breeding—\nless than 25 weeks\n0.04\n0.86\n0.78\nfrom 25 weeks\n0.12\n2.02\n1.5\nTurkey—\nmale\n0.16\n3.74\n3.1\nfemale\n0.12\n2.83\n2.3\nDuck\n0.1\n2.48\n2.4\nOstrich\n1.6\n3.83\n18.5\nPigs\nWeighing from 7kg to less than 13kg\n1.3\n4.1\n1.3\nWeighing from 13kg to less than 31kg\n2\n14.2\n6\nWeighing from 31kg to less than 66kg—\ndry fed\n3.7\n24\n12.1\nliquid fed\n7.1\n24\n12.1\nWeighing from 66kg and—\nintended for slaughter—\ndry fed\n5.1\n33\n17.9\nliquid fed\n10\n33\n17.9\nsow intended for breeding that has not yet had first litter\n5.6\n38\n20\nsow (including litter up to 7kg) fed on a diet supplemented with synthetic amino acids\n10.9\n44\n37\nsow (including litter up to 7kg) fed on a diet without synthetic amino acids\n10.9\n49\n37\nbreeding boar weighing from 66kg to less than 150kg\n5.1\n33\n17.9\nbreeding boar weighing from 150kg\n8.7\n48\n28",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/668/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:42:55.288035+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}