Temática: Codes of good agricultural practices

chicken manure

Specific poultry manure composed of droppings, with or without bedding, wash water and feed remains.

Silage drains

1. Liquid that drains from crops stored in a closed area. 2. Liquid that drains from crops stored in a closed area or silo.

Organic amendment

Material procedente de materiales carbonados de origen vegetal o animal, utilizado fundamentalmente para mantener o aumentar el contenido en materia orgánica del suelo, mejorar sus propiedades físicas y mejorar también sus propiedades o actividad química o biológica. Los materiales de origen orgánico que no son productos fertilizantes, de acuerdo con el tipo 6 del Real […]

animal droppings

Solid or liquid excretions of livestock species alone or mixed with bedding.

Liquid livestock manure plus wash water

Material produced by cattle or pigs in housing that does not use much straw or other bedding. Liquid livestock manure plus wash water can range from a semisolid with 12% of dry matter to a liquid with 3-4% of dry matter.

Digestate

Organic material obtained by anaerobic digestion in accordance with the requirements of Component Material Categories 4 and 5 (CMC4 and CMC5) of Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009.

BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)

It is the dissolved oxygen required by organisms for the aerobic decomposition of organic matter present in water. The data used for the purposes of this rating should be measured at 20°C and for a period of 5 days (BOD5).

Compaction

It is the excessive compaction of soil, both on the surface and at depth, caused by the movement of heavy machinery. This hinders the circulation of water and air and increases runoff and water erosion.

Compost

Organic material obtained by aerobic composting in accordance with the requirements of Component Material Category 3 (CMC3) of Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009.

Composed of solid urban waste

Material obtained from the composting of the organic fraction of urban solid waste.