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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-control-of-agricultural-pollution-wales-regulations-2021/schedule-1A/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-control-of-agricultural-pollution-wales-regulations-2021/schedule-1A/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2021/77",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-control-of-agricultural-pollution-wales-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/1A/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Maximum phosphate limits by crop",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the total amount of phosphate spread on any crop listed in the first column of any of the tables below must not exceed the figure under the applicable soil phosphorus index number in the same table.\nTable 2 - Maximum phosphate for grass\nSoil Phospshorus index (kg P2O5/ha)\n0\n1\n2\n3\n4+\nAt grass establishment\n120\n80\n50\n30\n0\nGrazing\n80\n50\n20\n0\n0\nHay\n80\n55\n30\n0\n0\nSilage\nFirst cut\n100\n70\n40\n20\n0\nSecond Cut\n25\n25\n25\n0\n0\nThird Cut\n15\n15\n15\n0\n0\nFourth Cut\n10\n10\n10\n0\n0\nTable 3 - Maximum phosphate for other crops\nP-index\n0\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5+\n(a)At P Index 4 and 5, up to 60 kg P2 O5/ha can be used as a starter fertiliser, close to the seed. The amount of phosphate applied as a starter dose, together with the amount added in the base dressing, should not exceed the amount of phosphate required to replace that removed by the previous crop.\nCrop\nPhosphate (kg/ha)\nForage crops\nForage maize\n115\n85\n55\n20\n0\n0\nWholecrop cereals\n115\n85\n55\n0\n0\n0\nForage swedes and turnips (lifted)\n105\n75\n45\n0\n0\n0\nFodder beet (lifted)\n120\n90\n60\n0\n0\n0\nForage rape, swedes and stubble turnips (grazed)\n85\n55\n25\n0\n0\n0\nKale (grazed)\n80\n50\n20\n0\n0\n0\nRye-grass sown for seed\n90\n60\n30\n0\n0\n0\nArable crops (Straw incorporated)\nWinter wheat\n110\n80\n50\n0\n0\n0\nWinter triticale\n125\n95\n65\n0\n0\n0\nWinter Barley\n110\n80\n50\n0\n0\n0\nSpring barley\n105\n75\n45\n0\n0\n0\nSpring wheat/spring triticale/rye/oats\n110\n80\n50\n0\n0\n0\nArable crops (Straw removed)\nWinter wheat\n115\n85\n55\n0\n0\n0\nWinter triticale\n130\n100\n70\n0\n0\n0\nWinter barley\n115\n85\n55\n0\n0\n0\nSpring barley\n105\n75\n45\n0\n0\n0\nSpring wheat\n110\n80\n50\n0\n0\n0\nSpring triticale/rye\n110\n80\n50\n0\n0\n0\nOats\n115\n85\n55\n0\n0\n0\nOilseeds\nWinter oilseed rape\n110\n80\n50\n0\n0\n0\nSpring oilseed rape or linseed\n90\n60\n30\n0\n0\n0\nPeas (dried and vining) and beans\n100\n70\n40\n0\n0\n0\nSugar Beet\n110\n80\n50\n0\n0\n0\nPotatoes\n250\n210\n170\n100\n0\n0\nVegetables and bulbs\nAsparagus (establishment)\n175\n150\n125\n100\n75\n0\nAsparagus (subsequent years following establishment)\n75\n75\n50\n50\n25\n0\nBrussels sprouts, storage cabbage, head cabbage and collards\n200\n150\n100\n50\n0\n0\nCauliflower and calabrese\n200\n150\n100\n50\n0\n0\nCelery\n250\n200\n150\n100\n50\n0\nPeas (market pick)\n185\n135\n85\n35\n0\n0\nBroad beans, dwarf and runner beans\n200\n150\n100\n50\n0\n0\nRadish and sweetcorn\n175\n125\n75\n25\n0\n0\nLettuce and wild rocket\n250\n200\n150\n100\n60\n60\nOnions and leeks\n200\n150\n100\n50\n60\n60\nBeetroot, swedes, turnips, parsnips and carrots\n200\n150\n100\n50\n0\n0\nBulbs and bulb flowers\n200\n150\n100\n50\n0\n0\nCoriander and mint\n175\n125\n75\n25\n0\n0\nCourgettes\n175\n125\n75\n25\n0\n0\nFruit and vines before planting\n200\n100\n50\n50\n0\n0\nHops before planting\n250\n175\n125\n100\n50\n0\nEstablished top fruit\n80\n40\n20\n20\n0\n0\nBlackcurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries, loganberries, tayberries, Blackberries, strawberries and vines\n110\n70\n40\n40\n0\n0\nEstablished Hops\n250\n200\n150\n100\n50\n0\n(2) Spreading phosphate on grass and other crops above the values stipulated within the tables above is permitted subject to prior receipt of written advice from a person who is a member of the Fertiliser Advisers Certification and Training Scheme.",
  "extent": null,
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1A inserted (31.12.2023) by The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1393), reg. 1, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(a)At P Index 4 and 5, up to 60 kg P2 O5/ha can be used as a starter fertiliser, close to the seed. The amount of phosphate applied as a starter dose, together with the amount added in the base dressing, should not exceed the amount of phosphate required to replace that removed by the previous crop."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/77/schedule/1A/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:41:32.369257+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."
}