News » Denmark limits farm phosphorus application

14.02.2017

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New regulations in Denmark, expected to enter into force in August 2017,would for the first time, specifically limit phosphorus application byfarmers (including manure, organic and mineral fertilisers). To datephosphorus has been only indirectly limited by manure spreading limits,based nitrogen content. A general ceiling of 30 - 43 kgP/ha (dependingon the type of fertiliser) is expected to be applied across the country,but with a lower limit of 30 kgP in 2018, independent of fertilisertype, in lake catchments concerned by River Basin Management Plans. TheDanish Society for Nature Conservation is however critical of theproposal, considering that in some areas and for the first years ofimplementation it would allow farmers to spread more manure than today.Denmark has some 13 million pigs and around one tenth of Denmark?sfields are today saturated with phosphorus in the top soil. Phosphorussaturation can be documented down to 1m depth some places, with 1-2tonnes/ha of surplus phosphorus stocked. Media coverage notes that a keychallenge is moving the surplus phosphorus from the livestockproduction region of Jutland (West) to arable areas of Zealand (EastDenmark).

?Farming package will increase use of phosphorus?, Ingenioren, 13/1/2017 https://ing.dk/artikel/landbrugspakken-vil-oge-brugen-fosfor-191939 and ?Denmark a major culprit in rapid consumption of world phosphorus resources?, Ingenioren, 13/1/2017 https://ing.dk/artikel/danmark-storsynder-vi-opbruger-verdens-fosfor-ressourcer-med-rasende-fart-191934

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