The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has proposed legislation to provide for the establishment of a national fertiliser database and associated registers.
This bill has undergone pre-legislative scrutiny and is due to start second-stage examination in the Oireachtas shortly.
The National Fertiliser Database is being developed to:
Record fertiliser sales along the supply chain.Achieve better compliance with water quality and environmental ambitions.Fulfil a commitment to the European Commission when securing the current extension to Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation.Simplify, in time, a farmer’s reporting of fertiliser use under regulatory schemes and voluntary initiatives.Farmers
Under the proposed legislation, a farmer who wishes to purchase fertiliser (including lime) will have to register as a professional fertiliser end user on the Department’s online portal www.agfood.ie.
Following registration, which is a straightforward process, a unique identifier will be allocated to each user, which in the case of farmers will be their herd number. Farmers will have to upload stocks of fertiliser on farm once a year. There is no need for farmers to do anything until the legislation is enacted.
Agri-merchants
Under the proposed legislation if a co-op/merchant wants to sell fertiliser to a farmer or other professional fertiliser end user, they will need to register with the Department as a fertiliser economic operator.
Furthermore, under the proposals, each consignment of fertiliser leaving a co-op or agri-merchant’s premises must be entered on the national fertiliser database.
Details of the two ways in which a co-op or agri-merchant will be able to provide this data will be included in the full article which will be available on the Fertiliser Association of Ireland website.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has proposed legislation to provide for the establishment of a national fertiliser database and associated registers.
This bill has undergone pre-legislative scrutiny and is due to start second-stage examination in the Oireachtas shortly.
The National Fertiliser Database is being developed to:
Record fertiliser sales along the supply chain.Achieve better compliance with water quality and environmental ambitions.Fulfil a commitment to the European Commission when securing the current extension to Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation.Simplify, in time, a farmer’s reporting of fertiliser use under regulatory schemes and voluntary initiatives.Farmers
Under the proposed legislation, a farmer who wishes to purchase fertiliser (including lime) will have to register as a professional fertiliser end user on the Department’s online portal www.agfood.ie.
Following registration, which is a straightforward process, a unique identifier will be allocated to each user, which in the case of farmers will be their herd number. Farmers will have to upload stocks of fertiliser on farm once a year. There is no need for farmers to do anything until the legislation is enacted.
Agri-merchants
Under the proposed legislation if a co-op/merchant wants to sell fertiliser to a farmer or other professional fertiliser end user, they will need to register with the Department as a fertiliser economic operator.
Furthermore, under the proposals, each consignment of fertiliser leaving a co-op or agri-merchant’s premises must be entered on the national fertiliser database.
Details of the two ways in which a co-op or agri-merchant will be able to provide this data will be included in the full article which will be available on the Fertiliser Association of Ireland website.
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