HC Deb 05 March 2001 vol 364 cc105-6W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much nitrogen is(a) produced and (b) used annually on farms in the UK. [152297]

Mr. Morley

Current research indicates that:

  1. (a) in the past five years an average of 1,060,000 tonnes of nitrogen (N) has been produced annually on farms;
  2. (b) an average total of 2,330,000 tonnes of N has been used annually on farms over the past five years.