Rural Environment & Sustainability - Nitrates
- Published on: 23 November 2020
- Last updated on: 27 May 2025
- Water and Agriculture - a collaborative approach
- Farmers Information and Supports
- Organic Nutrient Movements
- Dairy Banding
- Nitrates Derogation
- Maximum Nitrates Derogation Stocking Rate Limits Map 2025
- Nitrates Calculator
- Nitrates Information
- Agriculture Water Quality Working Group
- Nitrates Records
- Nitrates Action Programme - Consultation Paper
- Legislation
- Contact Us
Water and Agriculture - a collaborative approach
Farmers Information and Supports
Organic Nutrient Movements
Watch this video on how to create and verify a nitrates export on our online Slurry Movement System
Dairy Banding
Nitrates Derogation
2025
Maximum Nitrates Derogation Stocking Rate Limits Map 2025
A Pdf and Interactive Map can be accessed and viewed below.
DAFM will be contacting potential Nitrates Derogation applicants directly, where their land area’s maximum stocking rate will change to 220kg livestock manure nitrogen per hectare from the 1st of December 2025.
An Interactive Version of this Map can be viewed by downloading the spatial data from https://opendata.agriculture.gov.ie/dataset/dafm-national-maximum-nitrates-derogation-stocking-rate-limits-map-for-2025
This Data can be viewed through https://www.geohive.ie/
Further instructions on how to view this as an interactive map is provided in the Implementation Map User Manual.
FAQ on Nitrates Derogation and the move to 220
Nitrates Calculator
An updated calculator will be made available soon.
Nitrates Information
Under the Nitrates Regulations (S.I. 113 of 2022) farmers must not apply more than 170kgs of nitrogen from livestock manure per hectare per year. Compliance with the Nitrates Regulations is one of the Statutory Management Requirements under the Single Payment Scheme.
- S.I. No. 42 of 2025- European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
- S.I. No. 62 of 2023- European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
- S.I. No. 113 of 2022 European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2022
- S.I. No. 393 of 2022- European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
- S.I. No. 716 of 2022- European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2022
- Further Information on the Nitrates Action programme 2022 – 2025
Agriculture Water Quality Working Group
Nitrates Records
The 2025 forms for Record 4: Temporary Movement of Animals, and Record 5: Rental/ short term grazing and Forage Agreement, will be made available soon.
Nitrates Action Programme - Consultation Paper
Legislation
Contact Us
Nitrates Section
- Address:
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Johnstown Castle Estate, Co. Wexford., Y35 PN52
- Email:
- Telephone:
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+353 (0) 53 916 3425