C. Jakobsson 5/2003
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Plant nutrients - Current
legislation affecting the agricultural sector in Sweden
Summary
•Livestock
density: according
to P contents of manure (23-25 kg P/ha)
•Manure storage: storage capacity, covering
of urine and slurry pits, filling beneath the cover
•Application of manure: ban, new requirements,
incorporation, spreading techniques when spreading in a growing
crops
•Application of fertilisers: nitrogen application
according to the crops requirements, ban on winter
spreading
•Winter-green land: 60 resp. 50%
•Permits for farms with more than 200 livestock units
