National Fertiliser Register Registration Deadline 1st September
The National Fertiliser Register is being rolled out by DAFM. It will provide DAFM with detailed data on national fertiliser use. Fertiliser merchants will be monitoring what they are selling to industry as a statutory requirement for DAFM. All professional fertiliser end users have to register with DAFM, this includes nurseries, landscapers and sports clubs. Registered users will be given a number which they will provide to their supplier merchant on purchasing fertiliser.
What you need to do:
Growers /Farmers/Landscapers (or their agents) can register for the database through the department’s online Agfood portal.
Your professional plant operator number should suffice instead of a herd number.
- Register as a professional fertiliser end-user to purchase fertiliser from September 1, 2023; application form
- Once registered, declare closing fertiliser stock on their farm as of 11:59p.m on the 14th of September (the end of the fertiliser spreading period). Farmers will have until the 15th of October, to make this declaration;
NOTE: A number of new rules will come into effect from the 1st of September. From this date, it will be an offence to sell or purchase fertiliser without being registered. Under the new rules, any of the following will be an offence:
- Failing to comply with the requirements to register as a fertiliser economic operator or as a professional fertiliser end user;
- Failing to supply details required by fertiliser economic operators or professional fertiliser end-users;
See comprehensive details from DAFM here(pdf)
Plant protection products updates
Grace period for us of acaricide Floramite on food crops and outdoor ornamentals
Since 1st July 2022 bifenazate (Floramite 240 SC) can no longer be used on food crops or on outdoor ornamental crops. However, a grace period has been permitted which will mean that existing stocks can be used by growers up until end of December 2023 for food crops and outdoor ornamentals. The last date of sale was December 31st 2022. Floramite will continue to be registered for use on in permanent greenhouses on protected ornamentals and protected seedlings.
See Regulation EU 2022/698 for full details.
Plant protection products withdrawals
DAFM Pesticide Registration and Control division recently published updated lists of off label products for the edible and non edible sectors.
Full list of PPP where use up will expire in 2023
Boxer (Florasulam) is no longer be permitted for use however Starane XL (Florasulam + Fluroxypyr) remains available for use in forest nurseries and outdoors on ornamental woody plants. It is useful as a contact selective herbicide used in late winter early spring for the control of annual and perennial dicot weeds. It can volatise in hot weather and when weeds are actively growing.
Please see the list below and the PCRD website for full details.
