Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce pesticide impacts Lower exposure of pesticides that are toxic to aquatic fauna and flora Use pesticide products that are less toxic to aquatic fauna and flora
Use pesticide products in accordance with any requirement or condition specified in the approval or in any extension of use or on the label of the product as required by the approval or extension of use
Use pesticides that are not legally approved
Only use legally approved pesticide products
Lower losses of pesticides to aquatic environments Reduce pesticide losses from hard surfaces Reduce spillages of pesticides Use closed transfer systems
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Operators are steady on their feet when pouring pesticides directly into a tank, preferably on the ground or a platform at the right height
Replace caps on pesticide containers after rinsing and draining and store them upright in an outer carton
Use a suitable funnel and fill slowly so air can enter while pouring when filling sprayers
Use a fill-level alarm, flow meter or pre-set shut-off valve when filling sprayers
Maintain pesticide equipment to prevent leaks and failures
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on food crops
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Ensure that your pesticide store is secure and located more than 10m away from a watercourse and/or drain
Pesticide stores are capable of retaining spills and leaks
Pesticide handling facilities are located at least 10m away from any watercourses or vulnerable sites
Pesticide handling facilities are located away from existing farmyard flash flood routes, rain water outlets and gutter outfalls
Clean up any spills or splashes of pesticide immediately
Sprayer washings are subject to bioremediation Sprayers are washed on biobeds
Sprayers are washed in the field
Sprayer washings are contained Sprayers are washed in a bunded area and washings are collected
Hard surfaces where pesticides are handled drain into proper sewers or treatment facilities
Only use mechanical means (do not use chemicals) to clean your ditches or trim your bank
Create collection ponds for drainage outflow
Reduce the amount of pesticide in drainage water Reduce pesticide applications during wet seasons
Decrease the rapid transfer of pesticides into drainage systems Install artificial sub-surface drains
Increase in earthworm population Minimal tillage
Reduce soil compaction Avoid tramlines over winter
Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Reduced poaching by livestock Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders
Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set
Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set
Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding
Reduce livestock stocking rates
Zero tillage
Pesticide handling facilities are not located above any tile or mole drains
Reduce pesticide spray drift Increase droplet size of spray Use air-assisted pesticide sprayer
Use tunnel pesticide sprayer
Use shielded pesticide sprayer
Use sensor-equiped pesticide sprayer
Use banded pesticide sprayer
Use spray additives
Use low drift nozzles when applying pesticides
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Reduce the effect of windspeed on drift Reduce the height of the sprayer boom
Reduce the travelling speed of the sprayer
Create a distance barrier between sprayed areas and surrounding environment Use no crop zones
Use no spray zones
Create a physical barrier between sprayed areas and surrounding environment Create an artificial windbreak between sprayed areas and surrounding environment
Use shielded pesticide sprayer
Plant a vegetative windbreak between sprayed areas and surrounding environment
Reduce the amount of synthetic fungicides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Reduce pesticide application rates on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use pest and disease resistant varieties for non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use biological control on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use synthetic pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Accurate application of pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Reduce the amount of synthetic herbicides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Reduce pesticide application rates on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use mechanical or flame weeding on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use synthetic pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Accurate application of pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Reduce the amount of synthetic insecticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Reduce pesticide application rates on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use pest and disease resistant varieties for non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Only use pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) when pest thresholds have been exceeded
Use biological control on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use synthetic pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Accurate application of pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Reduce the amount of synthetic herbicides on food crops Reduce pesticide application rates on food crops
Use plant growth regulators (PGRs) on cereal crops
Continuous cropping (monoculture)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Accurate application of pesticides on food crops Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on food crops
Use synthetic pesticides on food crops
Use mechanical or flame weeding on food crops
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in food crops
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on food crops
Reduce the amount of synthetic insecticides on food crops Reduce pesticide application rates on food crops
Continuous cropping (monoculture)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Accurate application of pesticides on food crops Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on food crops
Use synthetic pesticides on food crops
Use biological control on food crops
Only use pesticides on food crops when pest thresholds have been exceeded
Use pest and disease resistant varieties for food crops
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in food crops
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on food crops
Reduce the amount of synthetic fungicides on food crops Reduce pesticide application rates on food crops
Control stem-base diseases
Continuous cropping (monoculture)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Accurate application of pesticides on food crops Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on food crops
Use synthetic pesticides on food crops
Use biological control on food crops
Use pest and disease resistant varieties for food crops
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in food crops
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on food crops
Reduce soil erosion from arable fields Increase soil organic matter on arable land Incorporate crop residues Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Do not burn crop residues
Include a grass/clover ley during the rotation
Incorporation of FYM into arable land
Reduce soil organic carbon oxidation on arable land Convert grassland to arable (by ploughing)
Zero tillage
Minimal tillage
Drain and cultivate peat soils
Decrease surface run-off / increase infiltration Arable land is left with a rough surface following operations such as ploughing, discing or tine cultivation
Improve soil structure on grassland Undertake mechanical field operations on grassland when the soil is waterlogged
Increase soil organic matter on grassland
Loosen compacted soil layers on grassland
Avoid mechanical field operations on grassland when the soil is waterlogged
Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling
Reduce soil compaction Avoid tramlines over winter
Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Reduced poaching by livestock Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders
Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set
Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set
Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding
Reduce livestock stocking rates
Prevent / reduce the creation of flow pathways Avoid tramlines over winter
Tramlines run across slopes where practical not down slopes leading to a watercourse
Cultivate and drill across the slope
Reduce topsoil saturation (waterlogging) Install artificial sub-surface drains
Increase in earthworm population Minimal tillage
Reduce soil compaction Avoid tramlines over winter
Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Reduced poaching by livestock Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders
Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set
Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set
Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding
Reduce livestock stocking rates
Zero tillage
Improve soil structure on arable land Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Increase soil organic matter on arable land Incorporate crop residues Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Do not burn crop residues
Include a grass/clover ley during the rotation
Incorporation of FYM into arable land
Reduce soil organic carbon oxidation on arable land Convert grassland to arable (by ploughing)
Zero tillage
Minimal tillage
Drain and cultivate peat soils
Cover crop after harvest through the winter
Reduce overland flow (by barrier) Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Create grassed strips within arable fields Create beetle banks
Maintain vegetative cover on fields Undersow crops
Create grassed waterways within arable fields
Convert arable land to extensive grassland
Arable land is sown with a crop within 10 days of having been prepared as a seedbed
Cover crop after harvest through the winter
Over-wintered stubbles
Trap and prevent pollutants or sediment reaching watercourses Create, extend or enhance riparian vegetation Dredging or spoil must be levelled along the bank and the bankside vegetation re-established by natural regeneration
Dredging or spoil is not levelled along the bank and the bankside vegetation is destroyed
Lower exposure of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) to aquatic fauna Use pesticide products that are not Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) to aquatic fauna
Lower losses of pesticides to aquatic environments Reduce pesticide losses from hard surfaces Reduce spillages of pesticides Use closed transfer systems
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Operators are steady on their feet when pouring pesticides directly into a tank, preferably on the ground or a platform at the right height
Replace caps on pesticide containers after rinsing and draining and store them upright in an outer carton
Use a suitable funnel and fill slowly so air can enter while pouring when filling sprayers
Use a fill-level alarm, flow meter or pre-set shut-off valve when filling sprayers
Maintain pesticide equipment to prevent leaks and failures
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on food crops
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Ensure that your pesticide store is secure and located more than 10m away from a watercourse and/or drain
Pesticide stores are capable of retaining spills and leaks
Pesticide handling facilities are located at least 10m away from any watercourses or vulnerable sites
Pesticide handling facilities are located away from existing farmyard flash flood routes, rain water outlets and gutter outfalls
Clean up any spills or splashes of pesticide immediately
Sprayer washings are subject to bioremediation Sprayers are washed on biobeds
Sprayers are washed in the field
Sprayer washings are contained Sprayers are washed in a bunded area and washings are collected
Hard surfaces where pesticides are handled drain into proper sewers or treatment facilities
Only use mechanical means (do not use chemicals) to clean your ditches or trim your bank
Create collection ponds for drainage outflow
Reduce the amount of pesticide in drainage water Reduce pesticide applications during wet seasons
Decrease the rapid transfer of pesticides into drainage systems Install artificial sub-surface drains
Increase in earthworm population Minimal tillage
Reduce soil compaction Avoid tramlines over winter
Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Reduced poaching by livestock Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders
Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set
Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set
Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding
Reduce livestock stocking rates
Zero tillage
Pesticide handling facilities are not located above any tile or mole drains
Reduce pesticide spray drift Increase droplet size of spray Use air-assisted pesticide sprayer
Use tunnel pesticide sprayer
Use shielded pesticide sprayer
Use sensor-equiped pesticide sprayer
Use banded pesticide sprayer
Use spray additives
Use low drift nozzles when applying pesticides
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Reduce the effect of windspeed on drift Reduce the height of the sprayer boom
Reduce the travelling speed of the sprayer
Create a distance barrier between sprayed areas and surrounding environment Use no crop zones
Use no spray zones
Create a physical barrier between sprayed areas and surrounding environment Create an artificial windbreak between sprayed areas and surrounding environment
Use shielded pesticide sprayer
Plant a vegetative windbreak between sprayed areas and surrounding environment
Reduce the amount of synthetic fungicides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Reduce pesticide application rates on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use pest and disease resistant varieties for non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use biological control on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use synthetic pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Accurate application of pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Reduce the amount of synthetic herbicides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Reduce pesticide application rates on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use mechanical or flame weeding on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use synthetic pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Accurate application of pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Reduce the amount of synthetic insecticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Reduce pesticide application rates on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use pest and disease resistant varieties for non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Only use pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) when pest thresholds have been exceeded
Use biological control on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Use synthetic pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Accurate application of pesticides on non-food crops (incl grass and forage) Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on non-food crops (incl grass and forage)
Reduce the amount of synthetic herbicides on food crops Reduce pesticide application rates on food crops
Use plant growth regulators (PGRs) on cereal crops
Continuous cropping (monoculture)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Accurate application of pesticides on food crops Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on food crops
Use synthetic pesticides on food crops
Use mechanical or flame weeding on food crops
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in food crops
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on food crops
Reduce the amount of synthetic insecticides on food crops Reduce pesticide application rates on food crops
Continuous cropping (monoculture)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Accurate application of pesticides on food crops Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on food crops
Use synthetic pesticides on food crops
Use biological control on food crops
Only use pesticides on food crops when pest thresholds have been exceeded
Use pest and disease resistant varieties for food crops
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in food crops
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on food crops
Reduce the amount of synthetic fungicides on food crops Reduce pesticide application rates on food crops
Control stem-base diseases
Continuous cropping (monoculture)
Do not use synthetic pesticides
Accurate application of pesticides on food crops Regularly calibrate pesticide sprayers used on food crops
Use synthetic pesticides on food crops
Use biological control on food crops
Use pest and disease resistant varieties for food crops
Use a diverse crop rotation to reduce the incidence of weeds, pests and diseases in food crops
Reduce the number of pesticide applications on food crops
Reduce soil erosion from arable fields Increase soil organic matter on arable land Incorporate crop residues Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Do not burn crop residues
Include a grass/clover ley during the rotation
Incorporation of FYM into arable land
Reduce soil organic carbon oxidation on arable land Convert grassland to arable (by ploughing)
Zero tillage
Minimal tillage
Drain and cultivate peat soils
Decrease surface run-off / increase infiltration Arable land is left with a rough surface following operations such as ploughing, discing or tine cultivation
Improve soil structure on grassland Undertake mechanical field operations on grassland when the soil is waterlogged
Increase soil organic matter on grassland
Loosen compacted soil layers on grassland
Avoid mechanical field operations on grassland when the soil is waterlogged
Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling
Reduce soil compaction Avoid tramlines over winter
Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Reduced poaching by livestock Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders
Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set
Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set
Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding
Reduce livestock stocking rates
Prevent / reduce the creation of flow pathways Avoid tramlines over winter
Tramlines run across slopes where practical not down slopes leading to a watercourse
Cultivate and drill across the slope
Reduce topsoil saturation (waterlogging) Install artificial sub-surface drains
Increase in earthworm population Minimal tillage
Reduce soil compaction Avoid tramlines over winter
Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Reduced poaching by livestock Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders
Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set
Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set
Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding
Reduce livestock stocking rates
Zero tillage
Improve soil structure on arable land Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Increase soil organic matter on arable land Incorporate crop residues Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Do not burn crop residues
Include a grass/clover ley during the rotation
Incorporation of FYM into arable land
Reduce soil organic carbon oxidation on arable land Convert grassland to arable (by ploughing)
Zero tillage
Minimal tillage
Drain and cultivate peat soils
Cover crop after harvest through the winter
Reduce overland flow (by barrier) Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Create grassed strips within arable fields Create beetle banks
Maintain vegetative cover on fields Undersow crops
Create grassed waterways within arable fields
Convert arable land to extensive grassland
Arable land is sown with a crop within 10 days of having been prepared as a seedbed
Cover crop after harvest through the winter
Over-wintered stubbles
Trap and prevent pollutants or sediment reaching watercourses Create, extend or enhance riparian vegetation Dredging or spoil must be levelled along the bank and the bankside vegetation re-established by natural regeneration
Dredging or spoil is not levelled along the bank and the bankside vegetation is destroyed