Livestock manure; production, transport and use; key figures, 1950-2013
| Periods | Spreading area for manure Spreading area for nitrogen (N) (mln kg) | Spreading area for manure Spreading area for phosphate (P2O5) (mln kg) | Spreading area for manure Agricultural land suitable for fertil... Agricultural land suitable for..., total (1 000 ha) | Spreading area for manure Agricultural land suitable for fertil... Arable land (1 000 ha) | Spreading area for manure Agricultural land suitable for fertil... Grassland (1 000 ha) |
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| 2013* | . | . | 1,778 | 847 | 931 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||
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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
- 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.
- Agricultural land suitable for fertil...
- Agricultural land suitable for fertilisation is cultivation land on which animal manure can be applied. It consists of all agricultural land except fallow field, fast-growing wood and green manures. The area is expressed as measured size, i.e. net cultivation land, including furrows and paths necessary for cultivation.
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From 2009 onwards, excluding horticulture under glass.- Agricultural land suitable for..., total
- Arable land
- Arable land is agricultural land suitable for fertilising, in use for arable farming or horticulture.
- Grassland
- Grassland is agricultural land suitable for fertilisation, temporarily or permanently in use for the cultivation of grass or for the pasturing of livestock.
- 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.
- Spreading area for phosphate (P2O5)
- The spreading area for phosphate is calculated by multiplying the fertilising standard for phosphate by the available area of agricultural land.
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The fertilising standard for phosphate per hectare differs for grassland and arable land and is progressively becoming more and more strict. Since 2010, the fertilising standards for phosphate per hectare are differentiated according to the phosphate condition of the soil. If no information is available about the phosphate condition, the lowest fertilising standard is used (phosphate condition high).
From 1998 to 2005, the maximum amount of phosphate per hectare is calculated from the sum of the allowed phosphate losses and phosphate removal with harvested crops.