Livestock Manure Management Plan
Our Livestock Manure Management Planner is here to calculate the amount of spreadable land required based on current livestock head numbers on farm.
Simply enter your total stock head numbers below for the different categories, and the number of months the livestock are housed for. Once completed, you can download as a PDF for easy record keeping.
How to use our Livestock Manure Management Planner >
The land owner/farmer/consultant MUST complete a farm map detailing all low, moderate, high-risk areas and include all no-spreading areas.
Our guide below is to indicate the colours on your farm map:
| Colour Coded Risk Level | Details |
|---|---|
| Red – No Spread Zone |
- Within 50m of a spring, well or borehole. - 10m of any ditch, burn, river, loch or wetland. - Slopes in excess of a gradient of 11° (1 in 5). - Shallow soils with average soil depth of less than 40cm and overlies gravel or fissured rock. - Areas under separate management agreements such as SSSI and agri-environment schemes. - Unimproved land that has not previously received slurry or manure. - Wooded land, steading, roads and yards. |
| Orange – High Risk Area |
- Slopes with a gradient of between 8 and 11° (approx. 1 in 7 to 1 in 5). - Areas at risk of flooding more often than one in five years. - Fields with drainage installed in the previous 12 months. - Poorly drained, waterlogged or severely compacted land. |
| Yellow – Moderate Risk Area |
- Slopes with a gradient of between 4 and 7° (approx. 1 in 14 to 1 in 8). - Land sloping towards watercourses or water supplies. - Imperfectly drained or saturated land. |
| Green – Low Risk Area |
- Slopes with a gradient up to 3° (approx. 1 in 19). - Land with no artificial drainage. |
Our livestock manure management planner is a simple tool to use;
- Input Livestock
- Choose from the 17 different cattle classifications (Dairy cows, beef sucklers, calves, etc.)
- Enter animal counts in the “No Of Head” column for each relevant category
- Input Housing Periods
- Specify number of months of indoor housing (0-12) for each group.
- Our system auto-populates standard excreta volumes from DEFRA-approved data.
- Review Automatic Calculations
- Total Area Required (Ha): Headcount × Months Housed × Hectares Needed Per Stock Unit
- Enter Total Available Land
- Within the 4 highligted input boxes, enter the total (Ha) of no spreading areas, high risk areas, moderate risk areas and low risk areas based from your farm maps.
- The balance = Available Land – Land Area Required
- Generate Livestock Manure Management Plan Report
- Enter farm name and calculation year
- Provide email for PDF delivery
- Download includes:
✓ Total area needed per stock unit
✓ Available land figures
✓ Compliance-ready documentation
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