Livestock manure; production, transport and use; key figures, 1950-2013
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This table comprises information about livestock manure production and production of nitrogen and phosphate in manure. It also includes data on excreted nitrogen that evaporates as ammonia and other nitrogen compounds. The use of nitrogen and phosphate in agricultural holdings is calculated from the manure production and the difference between supply and removal of manure on agricultural holdings. The use of manure is related to the available spreading area based on fertilising standards. Developments in the production and use of animal manure can be compared with some key figures on livestock numbers and areas of arable land and grassland.
Data available from: 1950-2013.
Status of the figures:
- Figures up to and including 2012 are final figures.
- Figures for 2013 are provisional figures. Because this table is put to a stop, data wil not be made final.
This table will be continued by the table: Livestock manure; production, transport and use; key figures
Description topics
- Manure production and mineral excretion
- Manure production is defined as the amount of manure present in animal housing and in storages outside housing after a few months of storage. It includes feed residuals, cleaning water and spilled drinking water. For cattle, sheep, horses and ponies it includes also the amount of manure produced during grazing.
The mineral excretions consist of the excreted amount of nitrogen (N-total) without deduction of gaseous losses of NO and N2O, NH3, N2, and the excretion of phosphate.- Nitrogen excretion (N)
- The nitrogen excretion consists of the excreted amount of nitrogen (N-total) without deduction of gaseous losses of NH3, NO, N2O and N2.
- Mineral excretion
- Excretion of nitrogen and phosphate.
- Nitrogen excretion (N)
- Nitrogen excretion consists of the excreted amount of nitrogen (N-total) without deduction of gaseous losses of NH3, NO, N2O and N2.
- Nitrogen excretion, total
- Cattle
- Pigs
- Poultry
- Nitroge excretion from laying hens, broilers, ducks (including parent animals) and turkeys.
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Excretion from other poultry such as geese, guinea fowl etc. is not included.
- Other livestock categories
- Nitrogen excretion from horses, ponies, sheep, goats, rabbits and fur bearing animals.
- Gaseous nitrogen losses (N)
- Emissions of ammonia (NH3) and other gaseous nitrogen compounds (N2, NO and N2O) from animal housing and manure storages outside housing and emissions of ammonia during grazing. All losses are expressed as nitrogen (N).
- Gaseous nitrogen losses indoors...
- Emissions of ammonia (NH3) and other gaseous nitrogen compounds (N2, NO and N2O) from animal housing and manure storages outside housing. All losses are expressed as nitrogen (N).
- Gaseous nitrogen losses, total (N)
- Total losses of ammonia (NH3) and other gaseous nitrogen compounds (N2O), N2 and NO), expressed as nitrogen (N).
- Ammonia expressed as N
- Other gaseous nitrogen losses (N)
- Losses of other gaseous nitrogen compounds (N2, NO and N2O), expressed as nitrogen (N).
- Ammonia losses during grazing (N)
- Emissions of ammonia (NH3-N) during grazing.
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Losses of other nitrogen compounds (N2, N2O and NO) are not calculated as grazing losses. These losses occur at a later stage due to nitrification and denitrification processes in the soil and are therefore considered as soil losses.
- Transport, processing and export
- Manure removal from farms
- Removal of manure from agricultural holdings.
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Removal of manure is mainly due to a lack of sufficient land area for spreading manure. The manure spreading allowance for a farm is calculated as area of agricultural land multiplied by the amount of manure allowed per hectare.- Nitrogen in removed manure
- Manure supply to farms
- Supply of manure takes place mainly on agricultural holdings with enough land available for spreading manure.
- Nitrogen in supplied manure
- Manure processing
- Manures processing where end product is no longer considered as manure.
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For example manure incineration or aerobic treatment of manure from fattening calves. Manure processing along with manure exports accounts for most of the difference between the removal of manure by agricultural holdings with a manure surplus and the supply of manure to other agricultural holdings.- Processed nitrogen (N)
- Amount of nitrogen no longer used as animal manure in agriculture through manure processing (e.g. incineration and treatment of liquid manure from fattening calves).
- Net manure exports
- Manure exports minus manure imports. Net manure exports partly accounts for the difference between the amount of manure removed from agricultural holdings with a manure surplus and the manure supplied to other agricultural holdings.
- Nitrogen exports (N)
- Spreading area for manure
- Spreading area for minerals is calculated as the available area of agricultural land multiplied by the permitted amount of mineral per hectare (fertilising standard) for animal manure.
- Spreading area for nitrogen (N)
- The spreading area for nitrogen is calculated by multiplying the fertilising standard for animal manure (170 kg N) per hectare by the available area of agricultural land.
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Agricultural holdings with a minimum of 70 percent of grassland may use the extended fertilising standard for nitrogen of 250 kg N/ha for manure from grazing livestock. The fertilising standard for nitrogen from animal manure was introduced in 2006.
- Use of animal manure
- Use of nitrogen and phosphate in animal manure on agricultural holdings. Use is calculated as production of manure on agricultural holdings plus supply of manure to agricultural holdings minus removal of manure from agricultural holdings. The use of manure comprises the spreading of stored manure by means of application techniques and the manure produced by livestock during grazing periods.
- Use of nitrogen (N) in agriculture
- Nitrogen excretion minus gaseous losses from housing and storage, plus nitrogen in supplied manure, minus nitrogen in removed manure.