New risk assessments for climate change have been published on AHDB’s website.
Since March 31, there has been a new legal requirement for all pig and poultry farmers who fall under environmental permit regulations to complete a climate change risk assessment.
The AHDB, NPA and Environment Agency (EA) have been working on the risk assessments, which have now been signed off by the EA and are live on AHDB’s website for producers to access (under model templates).
AHDB projects and engagement relationship manager Zanita Markham said there had been a number of non-conformances due to missing risk assessments.
“Operators should keep the risk assessments on farm, to be looked at during their next routine Environment Agency compliance or Pig and Poultry Assurance Scheme inspection.
“These risk assessment templates are now available online for both pig and poultry producers to use as a guide.”
Nitrogen and phosphorus reporting
A nitrogen and phosphorus reporting requirement will be extended to all permitted farms, including retrospective reporting for the 2024 calendar year, from January 2025. Thereafter, this will be an annual reporting requirement.
The EA will be sharing details soon about a new mass balance calculator to help farmers report annual livestock nitrogen and phosphorus excretion levels.
“We will update producers as soon as the reporting tools for nitrogen and phosphorus are available,” Ms Markham added.