Fertilizer register

Email the department and explain the issue. That way you've documented evidence you tried to do something about it.

Some horse manure alright. Christ we really are taking it up the rear these days with their bureaucratic sticks.

As if we all hadn't enough to do on a 35 hour working week.

Start calling the inspector a far right wing bigot. Tell him the pallet of "stuff" are non binery and don't identify as fertilizer only as stuff

You can still log in and tick it now.

Spot on.

I wonder if we'll have to declare closing stock every year? Perhaps not?

Yes. It's the only way non derogation farmers will be known how much is spread in the year.

At the ploughing car park exit was a tillage farmer's yard with over 100 ton in yard. They could buy fresh stuff for years and still be spreading more than the allowance. It's why the condition was to declare closing stock this year. And it will be there every year. As the years go on it'll be refined further to have digital records when and how much was spread and which fields. Pasture base has the option of this already. That'll roll out eventually for all.

Fertiliser we bought through September is not on register.🫣

Tis awonder that was allowed on that site.😀 It must have been hidden away. 🤔

Next stage is getting the guys from the Van Walt indoor stand to test the nitrates.

They all look fairly sh1t . Pity there wasn't a long term no till also

Is that becoming a big issue?

Anecdotally, talking to people around the area plenty appear to have stocked up in advance of the register to give them some "off the books" fertiliser. Think it will suit people in some of the acres schemes for instance that limits how much you are supposed to spread but who knows might just be pub talk too.

Yes, but best spread in spring as it last about 6 months

Has anyone tried to register Growmax lime on the register? I'm struggling.

I can not see it as an option and it is not really mined limestone.

When I went to register, he had beaten me to it - hope he isn't putting that on the bill.

A lot of the advisors round here have everyone done and signed up no charge for it but no consultation either on if you wished to be registered or not

I don’t think it’s “optional” so want is irrelevant?

You will have a return to make at the end of the year if you've stock on hand every year

You had to declare stock on hand by October 15th. As you can't apply N or P from mid September...we are now considered to have passed the end of year.

Sorry ya correct alps I worded incorrectly what I meant was every year we will have to declare a closing balance as far as I'm aware

In dero so they know what I buy anyway.

I wouldn't be that clever. I've urea now going into it's second year on farm. Small bags bought when it looked like the world was ending on fert and especially small bags of urea.