Permissible manure and fertilizer use in dairy farming systems on sandy soils in The Netherlands to comply with the Nitrates Directive target

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• nitrate directive 100%
• dairy farming 95%
• farming system 65%
• sandy soil 61%
• manure 57%
• slurry 56%
• maize 53%
• fertilizer 51%
• grassland 35%
• mineral fertiliser 33%
• grass 29%
• cattle 26%
• silage 24%
• leaching 19%
• rate 14%
• nutrient 11%
• fertilizer application 10%
• forage 9%
• production system 9%
• cropping practice 8%
• harvest 7%
• grazing 7%
• soil 7%
• farm 7%
• nitrate 6%
• phosphorus 6%
• crop 6%
• demand 5%
• groundwater 5%
• nitrogen 5%
• land 4%
• calculation 4%
• need 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• sandy soils 64%
• dairy farming 60%
• Netherlands 58%
• animal manures 57%
• grasslands 52%
• nitrates 50%
• farming systems 49%
• fertilizers 45%
• cattle manure 41%
• mineral fertilizers 37%
• corn 37%
• grasses 35%
• leaching 35%
• corn silage 25%
• farm area 15%
• forage production 14%
• nutrient utilization 14%
• groundwater 13%
• soil 12%
• application rate 12%
• fertilizer application 11%
• production technology 10%
• grazing 9%
• phosphorus 8%
• nutrients 7%
• nitrogen 7%
• crops 6%