Temática: Codes of good agricultural practices

Manure

1. Waste excreted by livestock or mixtures of waste and residues excreted by livestock, even if processed. 2. All excrement or urine from farm animals other than farmed fish, with or without bedding. This includes slurry and solid manure. 3. All excrement or urine from farm animals, including […]

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.

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 derived from carbonaceous materials of plant or animal origin, used primarily to maintain or increase the organic matter content of the soil, improve its physical properties, and also improve its chemical or biological properties or activity. Materials of organic origin that are not fertilizer products, according to type 6 of Royal Decree […]

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).

nitrogen compound

Any substance containing nitrogen, except gaseous molecular nitrogen.

Pollution

1. For the purposes of the Water Act, pollution is understood to mean the act and effect of introducing substances or forms of energy, or inducing conditions in water that, directly or indirectly, cause a harmful alteration of its quality in relation to subsequent uses, human health, or […]

Diffuse nitrate pollution

1. Presence of nitrate ions of agricultural origin in water, with 50 mg/l being the maximum permissible concentration and 25 mg/l the guideline level. 2. This refers to the contamination of surface or groundwater due to nitrate of agricultural origin. The term "diffuse" means that this contamination does not occur at a specific point […]