Schedule 2 Criteria for nutrient management

Northern Ireland

Table 1a

Regulations 9 and 20 – Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) excretion rates for grazing livestock

Livestock type	Nitrogen (N) produced per head per year(kg N/yr)	Phosphorus (P) produced per head per year(kg P/yr)
Cattle
Dairy cow	100	19
Dairy heifer (over 2 years)	45	8.3
Dairy heifer (1 – 2 years)	39	7.2
Beef suckler cow (over 2 years)	52	9.6
Bull kept wholly or mainly for breeding	52	9.6
Cattle (over 2 years)	45	8.3
Cattle ( 1 – 2 years)	39	7.2
Bull beef (0 – 13 months)	30	7.5
Bull beef (6 – 13 months)	23	5.8
Calf (0 – 1 year)	19	4.7
Calf (0 – 6 months)	7.0	1.7
Calf (6 – 12 months)	12	3.0
Sheep
Ewe (over 1 year)	9.0	1.0
Ram (over 1 year)	9.0	1.0
Lamb (0 – 6 months)	1.2	0.3
Lamb (6 – 12 months)	3.2	0.3
Lamb (0 – 1 year)	4.4	0.6
Deer
Deer (red) 6 months – 2 years	12	2.0
Deer (red) over 2 years	15	4.0
Deer (fallow) 6 months – 2 years	7.0	1.0
Deer (fallow) over 2 years	13	2.0
Deer (sika) 6 months – 2 years	6.0	1.0
Deer (sika) over 2 years	10	2.0
Horses
Horse (over 3 years)	50	9.0
Horse ( 2 – 3 years)	44	8.0
Horse (1 - 2 years)	36	6.0
Horse (under 1 year)	25	3.0
Donkey or small pony	30	5.0
Goats
Milking goats	15	1.7
Non milking goat	9.0	1.0
Kid (0 – 1 year)	4.4	0.6
Kid (6 – 12 months)	3.2	0.3
Kid (0 – 6 months)	1.2	0.3

Table 1b

Regulation 9 – Nitrogen and phosphorus (P) excretion rates for pigs

Livestock type		Nitrogen (N) produced per head per year (kg N/yr)	Phosphorus (P) produced per head per year (kg P/yr)
¹ Breeding sows includes served gilts, dry and lactating sows and piglets to weaning.
Adults pigs
Boar		18	4.2
Maiden gilt		11	5.7
Breeding sow¹		16	8.7
		Nitrogen (N) produced per pig (kg N)	Phosphorus (P) produced per pig (kg P)
Pigs weaned at 3 – 4 weeks
Approximate start weight (kg)	Approximate sale or transfer weight (kg)
6 – 8	18 (7.5 weeks)	0.09	0.08
6 – 8	35 (11 weeks)	0.38	0.23
6 – 8	105 (23 weeks)	2.38	1.09
Growing and finishing pigs
Approximate start weight (kg)	Approximate sale or transfer weight (kg)
18	35	0.29	0.15
18	105	2.30	1.00
35	105	2.00	0.85

Table 1c

Regulation 9 – Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) excretion rates for poultry

Livestock type	Nitrogen (N) produced per 1000 birds per crop(kg N)	Phosphorus (P) produced per 1000 birds per crop(kg P)
¹ Male and female turkeys
Broilers – hot water heating	33.8	7.0
Conventional broilers	40	8.4
Free range broilers	44.9	11.4
Turkeys¹ 0 – 6 weeks	229	55
Turkeys¹ 6 weeks – kill	305	73.8
Turkeys¹ 0 – kill	534	129
Fattening ducks	139	65

Livestock type	Nitrogen (N) produced per 1000 birds per crop(kg N)	Phosphorus (P) produced per 1000 birds per crop(kg P)
Broilers – hot water heating	33.8	7.0
Broiler breeders 0 – 18 weeks	2.9	2.0
Broiler breeders 18 – 60 weeks	7.2	3.9
Broiler breeders 0 – 60 weeks	5.9	3.3
Pullets	4.7	1.7
Layers	12	4.6
Free range laying hens	5.4	2.2

Table 2

Regulations 3, 9 and 13 – Total nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) contents of fertilisers and proportion of total phosphorus to total nitrogen (all on a fresh weight basis)

Liquid / slurry manure types	Dry matter content (%)	Total Nitrogen (N) content by volume(kg N/m³)¹²	Total phosphorus (P) content by volume(kg P/m³)¹²	Proportion of total phosphorus to total nitrogen
¹ Figures in bold are the most common values.
² For calculation purposes assume 1m³ of slurry weighs 1 tonne
Liquids
Dirty water	0.5	0.5	0.04	0.08
Cattle slurries
Cattle slurry	2	1.6	0.26	0.16
	6	2.6	0.52	0.20
	10	3.6	0.79	0.22
Separated cattle slurries (liquid portion)
Strainer box	1.5	1.5	0.13	0.09
Weeping wall	3	2.0	0.22	0.11
Mechanical Separator	4	3.0	0.52	0.17
Pig slurries
Pig slurry	2	3.0	0.35	0.12
	4	3.6	0.65	0.18
	6	4.4	0.96	0.22
Separated pig slurry (liquid portion)	3	3.6	0.48	0.13

Solid manure type	Dry matter content (%)	Total nitrogen content by weight(kg N/t)	Total phosphorus content by weight(kg P/t)	Proportion of total phosphorus to total nitrogen
Poultry manures
Broiler – hot water heating	72	33.8	7.0	0.21
Free range broilers 0 – kill	57	26.4	6.7	0.25
Broiler breeders 0 – 18 weeks	55	17.5	11.8	0.67
Broiler breeders 18 – 60 weeks	60	20.7	11.0	0.53
Broiler breeders 0 – 60 weeks	59	20.2	11.2	0.56
Conventional broiler	66	33	7.0	0.21
Turkeys 0 – 6 weeks	58	24.8	6.0	0.24
Turkeys 6 – kill	58	24.8	6.0	0.24
Turkeys 0 – kill	58	24.8	6.0	0.24
Pullets	72	32.7	12.0	0.37
Layer	30	16	5.7	0.36
Free range laying hens	46	18.8	7.5	0.40
Duck	25	6.5	2.4	0.37
Farmyard manures
Cattle manures	25	6.0	1.4	0.23
Sheep manures	25	7.0	1.4	0.20
Goat manures	40	9.5	2.0	0.21
Pig manures	25	7.0	2.6	0.37
Horse manures	25	5.0	2.2	0.44
Miscellaneous manures
Spent mushroom compost	35	8.0	1.5	0.19
Separated cattle slurry (solid portion)	20	4.0	0.87	0.22
Separated pig slurry (solid portion)	20	5.0	1.60	0.32
Other organic manures	Dry matter content, total nitrogen content and total phosphorus content to be declared in accordance with the Waste Regulations. Proportion of phosphorus to total nitrogen to be calculated from these analyses.
Chemical fertiliser	Dry matter content, total nitrogen content and total phosphorus content as certified by the producers. Proportion of total phosphorus to total nitrogen to be calculated from these analyses.

Table 3

Regulation 9 – Nitrogen availability in organic manures and chemical fertilisers

Fertiliser	Nitrogen availability (%)
Chemical	100
Pig slurry	50
Poultry litter	30
Farmyard manure	30
Cattle slurry	40
Spent mushroom compost	20
Other organic manures	40

Table 4

Regulation 10 – Nitrogen application standards for grassland crops

	Dairy Cattle²	Other livestock²
¹ This table does not imply any departure from regulation 9(1) which prohibits the application to the agricultural area on a holding of livestock manure in amounts which exceeds 170 kg N/ha/yr, including that deposited by the animals themselves.
² The dairy cattle figures (dairy cows and heifer replacements) apply where it can be demonstrated that more than 50% of the livestock manure applied to the agricultural area, both by land application and by the animals themselves, arises from dairy cattle. In all other cases the figures for other livestock will apply.
Balance of crop nitrogen requirement (kg N/ha/yr) (e.g. from chemical fertiliser or organic nitrogen supply other than livestock manure)¹	272	222

Table 5

Regulation 11 – Maximum permitted nitrogen application and standard yields for cereal crops

Crop type	Maximum permitted nitrogen (kg N/ha)¹	Standard yield (t/ha)
¹ For all crops in the table, an additional 20 kg N/ha is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield. Evidence of this must be demonstrated by overall farm crop yield in any of the previous three years.
Winter Wheat	220	8.0
Spring Wheat	180	7.0
Winter Barley	170	7.0
Spring Barley	140	5.0
Winter Oats	140	6.0
Spring Oats	110	5.0

Table 6

Regulation 20 – Livestock manure production figures

Livestock type		Volume of excreta produced per animal per week (m³)¹
¹ The standard figures for slurry produced by animals do not include water for cleaning buildings.
Cattle
Diary cow		0.37
Suckler cow		0.23
Cattle (over 2 years)		0.23
Cattle (1 – 2 years)		0.18
Calf (6 -12 months)		0.09
Calf (0 – 6 months)		0.05
Sheep
Adult ewe or ram		0.03
Fattening lamb (6 – 12 months)		0.01
Adult pigs
Maiden gilt or boar		0.05
Dry or lactating sows and served gilts		0.08
Pigs weaned at 3 – 4 weeks
Approximate start weight (kg)	Approximate sale or transfer weight (kg)
6 – 8	18 (7.5 weeks)	0.01
6 – 8	35 (11 weeks)	0.03
6 – 8	105 (23 weeks) (Meal fed)	0.06
6 – 8	105 (23 weeks) (Liquid fed)	0.08
Growing and finishing pigs
Approximate stat weight (kg)	Approximate sale or transfer weight (kg)
18	35	0.02
35	105 (Meal fed)	0.03
35	105 (Liquid fed)	0.05
Poultry
1000 laying hens		0.81

1Criteria as to calculation of phosphorus balance