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PLANET and MANNER-NPK are nutrient management software tools that are freely available for use by farmers and their advisers.

 

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https://www.planet4farmers.co.uk

PLANET (Planning Land Applications of Nutrients for Efficiency and the environmenT) is a nutrient management decision support tool for use by farmers and advisers in England/Wales and Scotland for field level nutrient planning and for assessing and demonstrating compliance with the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) rules.

MANNER-NPK is a practical software tool that provides farmers and advisers with a quick estimate of crop available nitrogen, phosphate and potash supply from applications of organic manure. MANNER-NPK is applicable in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

 

PLANET and MANNER-NPK can be downloaded from www.planet4farmers.co.uk/

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