Issue - meetings
Items for escalation to statutory partners
Meeting: 31/07/2024 - Wye Catchment Nutrient Management Board (Item 87)
87 Farmscoper Phosphate Loss Tool update 
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Minutes:
- Claire Minett noted that the key outcome from the Farmscoper update is that 50% of phosphates come from soil loss. Natural England work closely with catchment sensitive farming programme and have initiated extra targeted activity on the Wye to encourage the voluntary measures in place to provide buffers, cover crops, and that work is ongoing.
- Merry Albright asked in relation to the APHA numbers whether the 30 million poultry figure in the catchment is correct.
- Claire Minett responded that it was the best evidence available at the time to be used. The figure cannot be regarded as definitely right; however, it was the APHA data at that moment in time.
- Claire Minett added that this is one piece of evidence feeding into the DWPP that will add to the evidence-based understanding and options appraisal.