Nutrient Management Planning for Farms in Cumbria
What Does a Nutrient Management Plan Give You?
Get a practical nutrient management plan (NMP) tailored to your fields and rotations. Eco Prospects are independent, FACTS-qualified soil specialists. We deliver nutrient management planning services in Cumbria and surrounding regions which will meet your farm’s crop and soil requirement in terms of nutrient levels, fertiliser and manure. It will also keep your farm abreast of current legislation from the Environment Agency , Sustainable Farming Initiative (SFI) and buyer protocols i.e. Red Tractor. This joined-up approach to soil and crop nutrient management starts with sampling your fields, soil analysis in robust, independent testing labs and ends with recommendations you can action confidently.
Effective Fertiliser and Manure Planning
Eco Prospects’ advisory service offers more than just measurement of soil nutrients. We will build a full manure management plan and fertiliser recommendations. This can be costed to help establish a budget. The report can demonstrate CO2 emissions and organic manure storage capacity along with any NVZ requirements such N max limit. The comprehensive plan is a tool to meet compliance and a management tool for the profitable growth of your crops.
Agriculture Nutrient Management in Cumbria — Soil & Crop Nutrition that Pays
Eco Prospects’ nutrient management guide helps farm businesses meet the requirements of increasingly complex farming rules, your crop requirements and reduce your farm’s detrimental environmental impacts. By having a clear, farm wide understanding of your soil’s and crop nutrient requirements.
What’s in an Nutrient Management Report?
- On-farm soil nutrient analysis (field or hectare scale) to establish a reliable baseline. with an analysis package to meet your requirements
- Integrated nutrient management to balance organic manures and mineral fertilisers across crops entered into a software package that is based on RB209 (The bible for crop nutrition).
- FACTS-aligned nutrient management planning with in-season adjustments as conditions change.
- We then align the plan to the Farming Rules for Water and NVZ limits, and configure it to meet buyer and farm-assurance expectations. Records are kept simple and audit-ready—covering product, rate, total N, available N (TAN), P₂O₅ and K₂O—alongside storage capacity checks, risk maps, closed-period restrictions and application windows.
- Clear fertiliser rates, timings and products, updated in season.
- Independent advice focused on profit, efficiency and compliance.
- NVZ (Nitrate Vulnerable Zones) rules and the Farming Rules for Water
- Red Tractor (crop and livestock schemes)
- LEAF Marque (Integrated Farm Management)
- Processor/buyer protocols that ask for a documented farm nutrient management plan
The result is a defensible, practical integrated nutrient management approach and a clear manure management plan that fit day-to-day operations, maintain optimum nutrient levels in your soils, reduce waste, and stand up to audits—without adding paperwork for you.
Manure Management Plans That Pay Their Way and Don’t Damage the Environment
Eco Prospects’ nutrient management guide helps farm businesses meet the requirements of increasingly complex farming rules, your crop requirements and reduce your farm’s detrimental environmental impacts. By having a clear, farm wide understanding of your soil’s and crop nutrient requirements.
Nutrient Management Plan — Guidance on Compliance & Schemes
We bring soil status, crop demand and product choice together so soil and nutrient management works as one system—profitable, compliant and repeatable. That means a tighter crop management plan, better input efficiency and clearer decisions. As soil management experts, we also highlight the value of soil services for nutrient management: testing, mapping and monitoring that keep plans on track.
Soil and Nutrient Management Cumbria — Local, Independent Support
Based near Kirkby Stephen, we deliver soil and nutrient management plans across Cumbria and the wider region. If you need a hands-on nutrient management planner in Cumbria, we’re close enough to meet up and understand your farming business.
Next Steps — Nutrient Planning that Delivers
Ready to sort your nutrient planning? Book a visit and get a clear, independent nutrient management plan in Cumbria that pays its way this season.
