DEFRA CONSULTATIONS
EXPLAINED
The UK’s Department for
Environment, Food & Rural
Affairs (DEFRA) launched a
consultation at the beginning of
November 2020 on reducing ammonia
emissions from urea fertilizers.
The consultation ran until 26
January 2021.
It set out three options for
tackling ammonia emissions:
A total ban on solid urea
fertilizers
A requirement to stabilise
solid urea fertilizers with the
addition of a urease inhibitor.
A requirement to restrict the
spreading of solid urea fertilizers
to between 15 January and 31 March
of a given year.
Liquid urea is excluded from any
new rules or restrictions.
DEFRA is currently analysing the
feedback received. Should it decide