Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Reduce the amount of water that is wasted Efficient use of resources - water
Decrease farm costs Economic viability
Recycling, reuse and waste minimisation
Reduce direct energy use Reduction in fossil fuel use Decrease consumption of non-renewable energy sources
Reduce carbon dioxide emissions from combustion Reduce GHG emissions - carbon dioxide
Efficient use of resources - energy
Decrease farm costs Economic viability
Reduced poaching by livestock Reduced soil erosion from grassland or grazed fields Reduce sediment load in watercourses Improved spawning grounds for fish Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - improve habitat and management
Reduce flooding
Reduced phosphorus in water Improve surface water quality (chemical) - nutrients
Reduced eutrophication Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce nutrient impacts
Reduce the deposition of soil and mud on highways adjacent to fields Highways adjacent to fields are more safe Improved road safety
Protection of archaeological sites and features
Reduce soil compaction Decrease surface run-off / increase infiltration Reduce soil erosion from arable fields Reduced phosphorus in water Improve surface water quality (chemical) - nutrients
Reduced eutrophication Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce nutrient impacts
Lower losses of pesticides to aquatic environments Lower exposure of pesticides that are toxic to aquatic fauna and flora Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce pesticide impacts
Lower exposure of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) to aquatic fauna Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce pesticide impacts
Improve surface water quality (chemical) - pesticides
Protection of archaeological sites and features
Reduce the deposition of soil and mud on highways adjacent to fields Highways adjacent to fields are more safe Improved road safety
Reduce sediment load in watercourses Improved spawning grounds for fish Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - improve habitat and management
Reduce flooding
Maintain/improve physical soil status
Reduce flooding
Reduce the amount of manure washed off fields into watercourses Prevent manure from entering watercourses Reduce losses of faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) to water Reduced faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) in water Improve water quality - biological
Avoid substances with a high BOD entering watercourses Improve surface water quality (chemical) - other
Reduced phosphorus in water Improve surface water quality (chemical) - nutrients
Reduced eutrophication Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce nutrient impacts
Reduce losses of nitrogen fertiliser via surface run-off Reduced nitrogen in water Reduced eutrophication Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce nutrient impacts
Improve surface water quality (chemical) - nutrients
Reduced soil erosion from grassland or grazed fields Reduce sediment load in watercourses Improved spawning grounds for fish Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - improve habitat and management
Reduce flooding
Reduced phosphorus in water Improve surface water quality (chemical) - nutrients
Reduced eutrophication Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce nutrient impacts
Reduce the deposition of soil and mud on highways adjacent to fields Highways adjacent to fields are more safe Improved road safety
Increase in earthworm population Maintain/improve physical soil status
Reduce topsoil saturation (waterlogging) Improve crop development Maintain / improve crop yields Increase farm income Economic viability
Efficient use of resources - energy
Ensure food is available to meet consumer demand
Decrease surface run-off / increase infiltration Reduce soil erosion from arable fields Reduced phosphorus in water Improve surface water quality (chemical) - nutrients
Reduced eutrophication Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce nutrient impacts
Lower losses of pesticides to aquatic environments Lower exposure of pesticides that are toxic to aquatic fauna and flora Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce pesticide impacts
Lower exposure of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) to aquatic fauna Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce pesticide impacts
Improve surface water quality (chemical) - pesticides
Protection of archaeological sites and features
Reduce the deposition of soil and mud on highways adjacent to fields Highways adjacent to fields are more safe Improved road safety
Reduce sediment load in watercourses Improved spawning grounds for fish Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - improve habitat and management
Reduce flooding
Maintain/improve physical soil status
Reduce flooding
Reduce the amount of manure washed off fields into watercourses Prevent manure from entering watercourses Reduce losses of faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) to water Reduced faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) in water Improve water quality - biological
Avoid substances with a high BOD entering watercourses Improve surface water quality (chemical) - other
Reduced phosphorus in water Improve surface water quality (chemical) - nutrients
Reduced eutrophication Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce nutrient impacts
Reduce losses of nitrogen fertiliser via surface run-off Reduced nitrogen in water Reduced eutrophication Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce nutrient impacts
Improve surface water quality (chemical) - nutrients
Reduced soil erosion from grassland or grazed fields Reduce sediment load in watercourses Improved spawning grounds for fish Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - improve habitat and management
Reduce flooding
Reduced phosphorus in water Improve surface water quality (chemical) - nutrients
Reduced eutrophication Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce nutrient impacts
Reduce the deposition of soil and mud on highways adjacent to fields Highways adjacent to fields are more safe Improved road safety
Improve soil workability
Improve soil trafficability
Decrease the rapid transfer of pesticides into drainage systems Lower losses of pesticides to aquatic environments Lower exposure of pesticides that are toxic to aquatic fauna and flora Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce pesticide impacts
Lower exposure of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) to aquatic fauna Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Aquatic - reduce pesticide impacts
Improve surface water quality (chemical) - pesticides
Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Invertebrates - reduce other impacts
Deep soil disturbance is avoided Protection of archaeological sites and features
Soil remains aerobic Lower methane emissions from soil Reduce GHG emissions - methane
Decrease denitrification Lower nitrous oxide emissions from soil Reduce nitrogen losses to atmosphere Reduce GHG emissions - nitrous oxide
Protect and enhance important habitats that contain natural or semi-natural vegetation Maintain and enhance biodiversity: Plants - improve habitat and management
Maintain/improve physical soil status