Reminder to verify organic nutrient movements

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine wishes to remind farmers of the key deadlines for verifying organic manure movements between farms:

• organic nutrient movements that took place between 1 January and 30 June 2025 must be verified by the importer by 23:59 on 14 July 2025
• organic nutrient movements that take place between 1 July and 31 December 2025 must be verified by the importer by 14 January 2026

As set out previously, to be considered valid, organic nutrient movements must be recorded by the exporter within 4 days and verified by the importer by the appropriate dates set out above.

With the exception of a limited number of justified cases (e.g. force majeure), declaration and verification of these movements must be done online. This can be done through either of the following:

1. the Nitrogen and Phosphorus section of the www.agfood.ie account, or
2. the department’s Organic Nutrient Movement App

Compared to www.agfood.ie, the Organic Movement App, provides additional functions to users. These include auto filling certain aspects based on previous movement details and providing clear markers for unverified movements against the exporter and importer herd numbers.

A user manual for the app and further guidance on declaring and verifying organic nutrient movements is available at www.gov.ie/nitrates.

The department wishes to also remind farmers, who are exporting organic manures from their holding, that they must declare the movement to the department within 4-days of the movement taking place. This requirement has been in place since the start of 2025.

If farmers are experiencing any difficulties declaring or verifying organic nutrient movements, they should contact nitrates@agriculture.gov.ie or phone 053 9163425 by 14 July. The department will then provide assistance.

The app is also available to download at: https://nitrates-exports-ui.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie.

It is not available on the App store as it was created using a framework called Progressive Web Application (PWA).