Green Accounts

1. Green Accounts • Nutrient balances • Pesticide use • Energi use • Water use • Waste • Farmers statement • External declaration

2. Green Accounts – status in DK • Green Accounts for farms are voluntary • Green Accounts since 1996 • Subsidy scheme since 2002 - 7.500 DKK per year in 5 years • Subsidy scheme closed from 2007 • 600 farms prepare green accounts in 2007 • Green accounts for farms are in general not published (as in other business)

3. Contents of Green Accounts • Nutrient balances • Farm gate balance (N, P and K) • System balance (voluntary) • Pesticide use • Treatment frequency index • Active ingredient • Energy use • Water use • Waste (voluntary)

4. Contents of Green Accounts (2) • Farmers statement • Comments on the actual figures • Goals (improvements) • Action plan (how to reach the goals) • External declaration • Going through the figures • True and fair view of the farm • Carried out by the crop production adviser

5. Purpose of Green Accounts • The purpose of the subsidy scheme has been to introduce Green Accounts i agriculture in order to reduce the environmental impacts • From farmers point of view better utilization of ressoucers in order to save money is important • (Information to the public)

6. 22 Other N fixation 31 Mineral fertilizer N-surplus 152 67 Animals 11 Feed purchased 113 Crops 31 39 Milk Average input and output of N on conventional dairy farms 2002,kg N per ha at 1,6 LU per ha 250 200 150 kg N per ha 100 50 0 Input Output

7. Up to 80 kg N/ha in difference at the same number of LU per ha N-surplus on 33 conventional dairy farms 2002, kg N per ha 250 250 Average: 152 kg N/ha 200 200 150 150 N-surplus, kg N/ha 100 100 50 50 0 0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 Livestock density, LU/ha

8. 159 N harvested in crops 64 Mineral fertilizer Development in N surplus, use of N in mineral fertilizer and N harvested in crops on dairy farms(at 1,6 LU/ha) 250 250 235 N-surplus 200 200 157 150 150 kg N per ha 100 100 50 50 0 0 89/90 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002