Tillage farmers will be required to register for the Fertiliser Database with the Department of Agriculture from January next year.  

Finbarr Regan from the Department of Agriculture talks to Michael Hennessy on the latest Tillage Edge podcast about how farmers will interact with the fertiliser register when buying fertilisers in 2023.

Finbarr explains that all farmers purchasing fertiliser will be required to register their herd number on the database and will be required to give their Herd Number to the merchant every time fertiliser is purchased.  

The merchant will then upload this data to the DAFM database allowing tracking of all purchases.  

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https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/crops/the-tillage-edge-podcast/

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