UK and England soil nutrient balances, 2022
Annual estimates of inputs and offtake of nitrogen and phosphorus on agricultural land.
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Soil nutrient balances provide a method for estimating the annual nutrient loadings of nitrogen and phosphorus to agricultural soils. They give an indication of the potential risk associated with losses of nutrients to the environment; losses which can impact on air and water quality and on climate change. The nutrient balances are used as a high-level indicator of farming’s pressure on the environment and of how that pressure is changing over time.
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Published 30 November 2023Last updated 1 March 2024 + show all updates
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Update the 'Summary' text.
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Soil Nutrient Balances series revised to make the 2022 'inorganic fertiliser' component consistent with the British Survey of Fertiliser Practice.
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First published.