An estimate of the average cost to each farm of implementing the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 has not been made.
The estimated annual cost to the agricultural sector of implementing the regulations is in the range £48,500,000 to £68,600,000. The UK’s successful negotiation of a derogation from the livestock manure N farm limit, one of the more demanding requirements set by the nitrates directive, means these costs could be reduced by £16,900,000 to £21,700,000 per annum.