The NVZ Register
Your whole NVZ file, with the deadlines counted for you: field records, manure movements, the 30 April livestock summary and the slurry storage check.
Coming soon
The download needs a free UKPAI account. Create yours now and, once it is set up, we email you the download link the day it opens. Open the link on the Windows PC where you will keep your records.
What the NVZ Register Keeps For You
The first two columns are DEFRA's rules, word for word where it matters. The third is what the program does about each one.
| What the rules ask | By when | What Dynamik Agri does |
|---|---|---|
| Update your field records after sowing, spreading fertiliser or harvesting a crop | Within 1 week | Keeps the day it happened and the day you wrote it down, shows how much of the week is used, and marks anything written down late |
| Record the yield of any arable crop that had nitrogen fertiliser | Within 1 week of finding it out | The same one-week clock |
| Livestock manure brought onto or sent off the holding: type, amount, date, total nitrogen, the other party's name and address, and a contingency plan if it is not accepted | Within 1 week | One record per movement, with the other party's details and the plan if it is turned away |
| The livestock summary for the previous calendar year: holding area, livestock, days each animal spent on the holding, and the nitrogen they produced | By 30 April | Adds up the nitrogen from DEFRA's standard figures, sets it against the 170 kg N per hectare limit, and prints the summary or saves it as a PDF |
| Keep all records of your fertiliser use | At least 5 years | Everything stays in one file on your computer |
Nothing here has to be sent to anyone. The records are kept, and shown if the Environment Agency inspects your farm. The one exception is a grassland derogation: those farms send their fertilisation account to the Environment Agency by 30 April, and that is not in the program yet.
The Slurry Storage Check
The rules ask for enough storage to hold what the stock produces over the closed months: 1 October to 1 April (6 months) for pigs and poultry, and 1 October to 1 March (5 months) for cattle, sheep, goats, deer and horses. The program sets the capacity of your store against what goes into it, rain included, over that period, so you see the gap before an inspector does.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there software for keeping NVZ records?
Yes. Dynamik Agri's NVZ register keeps field records, manure movements, the livestock summary due by 30 April and a slurry storage check on your own Windows PC, and counts the one-week deadlines for you. It cannot be downloaded yet; register your interest and the link is emailed to you the day it opens.
How long do NVZ records have to be kept?
DEFRA's guidance says you must keep all records of your fertiliser use for at least 5 years.
Do NVZ records have to be sent to anyone?
No. They are kept, and shown if the Environment Agency inspects your farm. The livestock summary for the previous calendar year has to be completed by 30 April, and kept. Farms with a grassland derogation are the exception: they send their fertilisation account to the Environment Agency by 30 April.
Where the Rules Come From
- GOV.UK — Using nitrogen fertilisers in nitrate vulnerable zones (field records within 1 week; yields within 1 week of finding out; manure movements within 1 week; the livestock summary by 30 April; 170 kg N per hectare; records kept at least 5 years).
- GOV.UK — Storing organic manures in nitrate vulnerable zones (1 October to 1 April for pigs and poultry; 1 October to 1 March for cattle, sheep, goats, deer and horses).
- GOV.UK — Grassland derogations for livestock manure in nitrate vulnerable zones (the fertilisation account sent to the Environment Agency by 30 April).
This page summarises DEFRA guidance; it is not advice.