The long-standing nitrates derogation that allows some farmers to use 250kg per hectare ends this month. A new lower limit of 220kg will be in place in 2024 amid much weeping and gnashing of teeth in agri circles. But this is still far above the EU’s “safe” level of 170kg and will likely be gone… Read more »
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