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Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) & Cross-Compliance

The NVZ regulations changed as of the 1st January 2009, which has an impact on 70% of the country. HarveyHughes is able to carry out detailed reviews of your farm and the impacts the changes in legislation may have. We are able to work with you to provide you with solutions to make your farm compliant.

We also carry out health checks on your business with regards to the cross compliance helping you to protect your single payment scheme payment.

We, as a company, have acquired the necessary expertise and understanding to meet these new Regulations.

As a result, we are offering to undertake a full NVZ appraisal for your own farm, including producing all the necessary maps and budgets you will be requiring to meet with the new Cross Compliance Regulations.

You will also need more comprehensive records in future, to meet with these new Cross Compliance Regulations.

In the future a Cross Compliance failure, will lead to you being fined a minimum of 1% of your Single Farm Payment. Average fines at present are settling at 3% of your Single Farm Payment plus additional visits within a two-year period, but could rise up to 15%.