Press release
Now is the time to declare Closing Stocks on the National Fertiliser Database
From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., has confirmed that the facility for declaring 2024 Closing Stock of fertiliser on the National Fertiliser Database (NFD) is now available online.
“As we move into the second year of collecting data, I am pleased with the high level of engagement by the farming sector, fertiliser merchants and the fertiliser industry over the past year. There are now just over 122,000 Professional Fertiliser End Users (FEU) registered on the NFD, 425 Fertiliser Economic Operators (FEO) registrations and the system has captured more than 481,000 transactions. I would strongly encourage fertiliser users to log on to agfood.ie and complete their closing stock return.”
Farmers and other Professional FEO’s can now declare closing stock of fertiliser held on their farms and premises. Such a declaration must also include those farms and premises that have no stock on hand.
Emphasising the importance of accurately declaring fertiliser closing stock, the Minister stated:
“Now that the fertiliser spreading season has ended, it is timely that farmers and other Professional Fertiliser End Users provide an accurate report of the volume of fertilisers held on farms and premises around the country.”
The final date for submission of Closing Stock of fertiliser on farms and premises is 15 October 2024.
Declaration of closing stock is a straightforward process whereby farmers, or their agents, can log on to agfood.ie. In cases where there are no stocks of fertiliser on hand, it is simply a matter of ticking a box to declare a nil stock return. Where there is fertiliser present, the declaration should include the type of fertiliser and the quantities being held.