# The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015, Schedule 1: Manure, nitrogen and phosphate produced by livestock

Extent: E+W+S+NI

Grazing livestock
Category
Daily manure produced by each animal (litres)
Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)
Daily phosphate produced by each animal (grams)
(1)In the case of a ewe, the figures include one or more suckled lambs until the lambs are aged 6 months.
Cattle
Calf (all categories except veal) younger than 2 months
7
23
12.7
Dairy cow—
From 2 months to less than 12 months
20
95
34
From 12 months up to first calf
40
167
69
After first calf and—
annual milk yield more than 9000 litres
64
315
142
annual milk yield between 6000 and 9000 litres
53
276
121
annual milk yield less than 6000 litres
42
211
93
Beef cow or steer—
From 2 months to less than 12 months
20
91
33
From 12 months to less than 24 months
26
137
43
From 24 months—
females or steers for slaughter
32
137
60
females for breeding—
weighing 500kg or less
32
167
65
weighing more than 500kg
45
227
86
Bulls—
Non-breeding, 2 months and over
26
148
24
Breeding—
from 2 months to less than 24 months
26
137
43
from 24 months
26
132
60
Sheep
From 6 months up to 9 months
1.8
5.5
0.76
From 9 months to first lambing, first tupping or slaughter
1.8
3.9
2.1
After lambing or tupping—
weighing less than 60kg
3.3
21
8.8
weighing 60kg or more
5
33
10
Goat, deer and horse
Goat
3.5
41
18.8
Deer—
breeding
5
42
17.6
other
3.5
33
11.7
Horse
24
58
56
Non-grazing livestock
Category
Daily manure produced by each animal (litres or, in the case of poultry, kilograms)
Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)
Daily phosphate produced by each animal (grams)
(1)All figures for poultry include litter
Cattle
Veal calf
7
23
12.7
Poultry
Chicken used for producing eggs for human consumption—
less than 17 weeks
0.04
0.64
0.47
from 17 weeks (caged)
0.12
1.13
1.0
from 17 weeks (not caged)
0.12
1.5
1.1
Chickens raised for meat
0.06
1.06
0.72
Chickens raised for breeding—
less than 25 weeks
0.04
0.86
0.78
from 25 weeks
0.12
2.02
1.5
Turkey—
male
0.16
3.74
3.1
female
0.12
2.83
2.3
Duck
0.1
2.48
2.4
Ostrich
1.6
3.83
18.5
Pigs
Weighing from 7kg to less than 13kg
1.3
4.1
1.3
Weighing from 13kg to less than 31kg
2
14.2
6
Weighing from 31kg to less than 66kg—
dry fed
3.7
24
12.1
liquid fed
7.1
24
12.1
Weighing from 66kg and—
intended for slaughter—
dry fed
5.1
33
17.9
liquid fed
10
33
17.9
sow intended for breeding that has not yet had first litter
5.6
38
20
sow (including litter up to 7kg) fed on a diet supplemented with synthetic amino acids
10.9
44
37
sow (including litter up to 7kg) fed on a diet without synthetic amino acids
10.9
49
37
breeding boar weighing from 66kg to less than 150kg
5.1
33
17.9
breeding boar weighing from 150kg
8.7
48
28

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/668/schedule/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-pollution-prevention-regulations-2015/schedule-1
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