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Duration

3 years

How much you鈥檒l be paid聽聽

拢652 for the assessment and review report per year

Action鈥檚 aim聽

This action鈥檚 aim is that you assess your current approach to nutrient usage and effectively plan how to:

• manage your nutrient usage more efficiently and effectively
• optimise your use of organic sources of crop nutrition

Where you can do this action聽

You can do this action on all agricultural land located below the moorland line. The nutrient management (NM) assessment and review report should cover all of the relevant areas of your farm.

This is an 鈥榓greement level鈥� SFI action. This means you apply to include it in your agreement聽instead of entering specific areas of land.

You can only apply for this action:

• if at least one land parcel is linked to your Single Business Identifier (SBI), so it鈥檚 shown on your digital maps
• in one SFI agreement 鈥� once you鈥檝e included it in an agreement, you cannot apply for this action again until after its 3-year duration in that agreement ends

Eligibility of protected land

Protected land	Eligibility
Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs)	Eligible 鈥� you do not need to get SSSI consent for this action as it鈥檚 an assessment and review report
Historic and archaeological features	Eligible 鈥� you do not need to get a SFI HEFER for this action as it鈥檚 an assessment and review report

Available area you can enter into this action

Not applicable as this is an agreement level SFI action.

Rotational or static action聽

Not applicable as this is an agreement level SFI action.

What to do

You must arrange for a member of the BASIS Professional Register who鈥檚 qualified under the Fertiliser Advisers Certification and Training Scheme (a 鈥楩ACTS qualified adviser鈥�) to visit your farm to:

• assess your current nutrient use and needs for your farm
• identify and discuss opportunities to increase efficiency of your nutrient usage, and maximise the use of natural sources of crop nutrients on that land
• help you produce a written NM review report

You must make sure that the FACTS qualified adviser does what鈥檚 required above.

If you鈥檙e a FACTS qualified adviser, as defined above, you can complete this action yourself.

You can use an existing written NM review report, informed by an NM assessment, to get paid for this action if it was:

• carried out by a FACTS qualified adviser
• written within the last 12 months

If you need to take soil samples on areas within a land parcel containing historic or archaeological features, including scheduled monuments, you must follow the requirements explained in section 5.6 鈥楲and with historic or archaeological features鈥� in the SFI scheme information.

When to do it聽聽

You must make sure that a FACTS qualified adviser visits your farm to:

• complete the NM assessment and help you produce a written NM review report within 12 months of this action鈥檚 start date
• reassess your nutrient use and needs for your land and review your NM review report in each subsequent year of this action鈥檚 duration

How to do it聽

It鈥檚 up to you how you do this action, as long as you:

• follow this action鈥檚 requirements 鈥� these are identified by a 鈥榤ust鈥�
• do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action鈥檚 aim

You may find it helpful to read the 鈥榓dvice to help you do this action鈥�, but it鈥檚 not part of this action鈥檚 requirements.

Evidence to keep聽

You must keep:

• a written record of your NM review report, including the NM assessment
• evidence that the adviser is a FACTS qualified adviser, such as their name and BASIS or FACTS registration number

You must supply this evidence if we ask for it.

Other actions or options you can do with this action聽

You can do the following actions or options on the same area in a land parcel as this action. Some actions or options can only be done on the same area if they鈥檙e done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 鈥榃hat to do鈥� and 鈥榃hen to do it鈥� to find out when this action must be done.

Scheme	Action or option codes
SFI 补肠迟颈辞苍蝉听	All SFI actions, except CMOR1, MOR1聽or NUM1
CS 辞辫迟颈辞苍蝉听听	All CS management 辞辫迟颈辞苍蝉听
ES 辞辫迟颈辞苍蝉听	All ES revenue 辞辫迟颈辞苍蝉听
SFI pilot standards聽	All SFI pilot standards聽

Advice to help you do this action

The following advice may help you to do this action, but it鈥檚 not part of this action鈥檚 requirements.

Finding a FACTS qualified adviser

You can use the to help you find a FACTS qualified advisor.

Completing an NM assessment

You can choose how the FACTS qualified adviser completes the NM assessment. There鈥檚 no standard format.

To help you achieve this action鈥檚 aim, you can do the following to plan the right amount of nutrients for your soil:

• calculate the nutrient and pH requirements of the crop
• sample and test the soil in each field for pH, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium 鈥� it鈥檚 usually best to do this at least every 3 to 5 years
• calculate the nutrient levels that will be supplied from organic sources, such as legumes, manure, slurry or digestate, or nutrients recycled from the return of crop residues (for example, straw)
• calculate the amount of artificial fertiliser you鈥檒l need to apply so it does not exceed what the crop needs 鈥� increasing nutrient supply from the soil and organic sources will reduce the need for artificial fertiliser

It鈥檚 best to take soil samples when nutrient levels are likely to be lowest. This is usually between September and March after you have harvested the previous crop.

This will help to identify the nutrients left in the soil that the next crop will use.

If you need to take soil samples on land with historic or archaeological features, read section 5.6 鈥楲and with historic or archaeological features鈥� in the SFI scheme information.

Read more about NM in the .

Writing an NM review report

You can choose how to produce the written NM review report. There鈥檚 no standard format.

You can read the for help creating farm nutrient plans. It also includes a template.