The agricultural supply industry and farming unions partnership is committed to delivering substantial ammonia emissions reductions from the use of both solid and liquid fertilisers containing urea from April 2023 in lieu of regulation.
A free flyer has been made available by AIC to help inform the farming customers of Members on upcoming rules changes for urea fertilisers from next year.
Discover how AIC encouraged best practice for managing phosphates in watercourses and helped avoid unnecessary restrictions being imposed on the agri-supply industry and productive farmland.
Members are being encouraged to submit a response to a Government consultation on proposals to address the risk of carbon leakage in specified high risk sectors – including fertiliser production.
The industry consortium behind the alternative to a ban on urea (known as "Option 4") has been working together to produce a free training module on actions to take to reduce ammonia emissions from manures and fertilisers across the UK.
Further to the briefing sent to Members on 22 March 2023 on the Government's decision on urea fertiliser, this briefing contains information as a reminder of the Defra definition of "Option 4".
Defra steps up to resolve the confusion around the interpretation of Farming Rules for Water, England. A move from prescription to outcome based legislation requires a widespread change in mindset.
AIC, farming bodies and the Environment Agency met yesterday with Minister Rebecca Pow, with responsibility for Farming Rules for Water and Minister of State for Defra, Victoria Prentice.
The Crop It Like It's Hot Podcast about future policy impacts on crop nutrition. Speaking to the show’s host Alice Dyer, Jane outlined where crop nutrition can go within the context of the Clean Air Strategy, the consultation on urea and the new Sustainable Farming Incentive in England.
Guidance for growers of ready-to-eat crops. The guidance explains how to manage farm manures by developing safety plans that will reduce the risks of microbiological contamination of ready-to-eat crops.
The government’s 25-year Environment Plan calls on the farming community to balance safe, traceable and high-quality British food with the protection and enhancement of the British countryside.
