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  Manure is a valuable resource that should be managed efficiently to make use of its valuable nutrients and to minimise losses. Manure Standards project compiled a new handbook for farmers and advisor organisations on good manure management practices based on project results and previous experiences in the consortium. The handbook serves as an easy-to-read material also for other stakeholders from policy to agricultural education. Manure is the most abundant …

  Work Package 3 of Manure Standards project will provide joint guidelines for calculating manure quality and quantity in Baltic Sea region. A newly published report gives a detailed overview of systems currently in use in the Baltic Sea region for calculating manure amount and composition based on feed data (feed consumption and chemical composition). The report brings out the main similarities and differences between the countries. The main result …

“What’s in it for the farmer?” was the very relevant question asked by an audience member in the Manure Standards seminar presenting project results on 24th April 2019 in Tartu, Estonia. The audience consisting mostly of Estonian and Latvian farmers and farm advisors as well as other stakeholders from the Baltic Sea region was especially interested in the differences of the analyses results in determining manure nutrient content. Susanna Kaasinen …

Manure Standards participated in the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme Conference in Luebeck on 9-10 April. In the company of the other 110 projects funded by the Programme, we certainly felt like being part of a real change brought about by the overall funding of around 245 million euros. 11 countries, 111 projects, 245 million euros of committed funding thus far, and over 1400 partners. This is how the Interreg …

  Manure Standards organises a seminar “Smart and sustainable use of manure – GreenAgri and Manure Standards project outcomes” on 24 April 2019 in Tartu, Estonia. The seminar is organised together with GreenAgri project and it is a part of the conference “AgroForum Mare Balticum – Agroecology as a driver for sustainable food  systems”. The AgroForum will take place on 23-25 April 2019 followed by the annual international Agricultural Fair ‘Maamess’ which …

Manure Standards project consortium gathered in snowy Helsinki for an intensive project meeting on 6-8 February 2019. The finish line is already in project partners’ sight as the project is coming to its end during the autumn 2019. For the 2-year-project, many of the activities – such as the concrete instructions for manure sampling and analyses – have been completed. Now it is the time to tie the threads together: …

Policymakers and authorities gave their feedback to Manure Standards project team in a Policy workshop organised in Warsaw, Poland, on 6 November 2018. Among other feedback, the importance of communicating the project results and the possible next steps was emphasised. The first results of the project – drafts of the calculation tool, guidelines for manure sampling and analysis and the HELCOM recommendation on the use of national manure standards – …

  Manure Standards is involved in a cooperation platform called SuMaNu (Sustainable Manure and Nutrient Management for Reduction of Nutrient Loss in the Baltic Sea Region). SuMaNu brings together four EU-funded projects which all concentrate on sustainable manure and nutrient management from different perspectives. The ultimate goal of platform cooperation is to utilise nutrients more efficiently and to reduce nutrient inflow to the Baltic Sea. Project platforms are a new …

Published in the October edition of the Newsletter of Baltic Farmers’ Forum of Environment (BFFE). Read more about BFFE from here. Over a thousand manure samples have been taken and analysed on 82 pilot farms around the Baltic Sea this year by the project “Advanced manure standards for sustainable nutrient management and reduced emissions” (Manure Standards). The information collected on farms is used to provide farmers, advisors, authorities and policy-makers …

  We had the joy to represent and introduce the Manure Standards project during the two-day event in Tallinn, Estonia. The main theme of the 9th Annual Forum was the Baltic Sea Region After 2020. It was a time of interesting discussions and sharing of ideas and experiences. One of the key ideas that came up again and again was that BSR plans and operates on global issues, but the …