Compliance [AR.GC.CO]
Making pesticide use more sustainable: Sprayer maintenance
Ben Bryant, Precision Farming Manager, Chafer Machinery Ltd, goes through a crop sprayer from top to bottom, identifying the key areas for operators to monitor as well as offering helpful…
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Pesticide Information Note: How to conduct a LERAP
Local Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides (LERAP) allow sprayer operators to reduce the buffer zones shown on some product labels. Reading the label is key as no reduction will be…
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Pesticide Information Note: Buffer Zones
When applying pesticides, Buffer Zones have been used for a number of years to help protect water environments. Their use also helps producers avoid penalties from breaching cross compliance rules…
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Pesticide Information Note: Pesticide containers – cleaning and disposal
The application of pesticides inevitably results in the production of waste, principally in the form of pesticide containers and packaging. IMPORTANT: You have a duty of care and a legal responsibility for all wastes produced or handled on your farm. You are responsible for the storage, transport and ultimate disposal of these wastes.
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Pesticide Information Note: Spray Drift
Pesticide Information Note: Spray drift Spray drift is a topic that has come under increasing focus as the general public take more interest in pesticides, their use and their residues.…
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Pesticide Handling Areas – What are the pathways of pollution?
In this video, Gavin Elrick, a Soils & drainage expert, explains the difference between diffuse and point source pollution from pesticides. Pesticide handling areas are therefore a key tool to…
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