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Environmental guidance for agriculture

Air and noise

Ammonia emissions to air from slurry and manure
Energy and steam generation
Noise and dust from grain dryers
Odours
Refrigeration
Straw and stubble burning

Land

Cultivation
Land and soil management
Land contamination
Landspreading livestock slurries, silage effluent and solid manures
Landspreading waste
Landspreading sewage sludge

Materials and equipment

Business innovation
Chemical and man-made fertilisers
Feed delivery and storage
Maintaining machinery and vehicles
Pesticides
Sheep dip
Silage
Storing and using oil
Storing slurry
Using chemicals
Woodchip and straw-bedded corrals and stand-off pads
Energy efficiency in agriculture
Renewable energy generation on farms

Waste

Agricultural waste – your waste responsibilities
Burying and burning farm waste
Carcass disposal
Carcass burial
Carcass incineration
Composting
Exemptions for agricultural waste recovery
Fly-tipped material
Hazardous/special waste
Packaging
Waste electrical and electronic equipment

Water

Water use and abstraction
Discharges to water
Northern Ireland: Nitrate Action Programme and Phosphorus Regulations
England: nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) rules
Scotland: nitrate vulnerable zones (NVZs)
Wales: nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ)

Further information

Codes of good agricultural practice
Cross compliance and agri-environment schemes
Agriculture PPGs
Useful links

Page Tools

Quick start farm waste checklists

Download farm waste checklist

e-learning tool

Learn about farming waste with our e-learning tool