# The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021, Schedule 1: Amount of manure, nitrogen and phosphate produced by grazing livestock and non-grazing livestock

Extent: E+W

Table 1
Grazing livestock
Category
Daily manure produced by each animal (litres)
Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)
Daily phosphate produced by each animal (grams)
(a)Castrated male.
(b)In the case of a ewe, this figure includes one or more suckled lambs until the lambs are aged six months.
Cattle
Calves (all categories except veal) up to 3 months:
7
23
12.7
Dairy cows—
from 3 months and less than 13 months:
20
95
34
from 13 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 cows or steers—
from 3 months and less than 13 months:
20
91
33
from 13 months and less than 25 months:
26
137
43
From 25 months—
females or steers for slaughter:
31
137
60
females for breeding—
weighing 500 kg or less:
32
167
65
weighing more than 500 kg:
45
227
86
Bulls
Non-breeding, 3 months and over:
26
148
24
Breeding—
from 3 months and less than 25 months:
26
137
43
from 25 months:
26
132
60
Sheep
From 6 months up to 9 months old:
1.8
5.5
0.76
From 9 months old to first lambing, first tupping or slaughter:
1.8
3.9
2.1
After lambing or tupping—
weight less than 60 kg:
3.3
21
8.8
weight from 60 kg:
5
33
10.0
Goats, deer and horses
Goats:
3.5
41
18.8
Deer—
breeding:
5
42
17.6
other:
3.5
33
11.7
Horses:
24
58
56
Table 2
Non-grazing livestock
Category
Daily manure produced by each animal (litres)
Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)
Daily phosphate produced by each animal (grams)
(a)Note: all figures for poultry include litter.
Cattle
Veal calves:
7
23
12.7
Poultry
Chickens used for production of 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
Turkeys—
male:
0.16
3.74
3.1
female:
0.12
2.83
2.3
Ducks:
0.10
2.48
2.4
Ostriches:
1.6
3.83
18.5
Pigs
Weight from 7 kg and less than 13 kg:
1.3
4.1
1.3
Weight from 13 kg and less than 31 kg:
2
14.2
6.0
Weight from 31 kg and less than 66 kg—
dry fed:
3.7
24
12.1
liquid fed:
7.1
24
12.1
Weight from 66 kg and—
Intended for slaughter—
dry fed:
5.1
33
17.9
liquid fed:
10
33
17.9
sows intended for breeding that have not yet had their first litter:
5.6
38
20
sows (including their litters up to a weight of 7 kg per piglet) fed on a diet supplemented with synthetic amino acids:
10.9
44
37
sows (including their litters up to a weight of 7 kg per piglet) fed on a diet without synthetic amino acids:
10.9
49
37
breeding boars from 66 kg up to 150 kg:
5.1
33
17.9
breeding boars, from 150 kg
8.7
48
28

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/77/schedule/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-control-of-agricultural-pollution-wales-regulations-2021/schedule-1
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