In Wales the government has decided to proceed temporary to enable higher applications of nutrients from livestock manures where there is a crop need to do so, alongside additional measures to protect the environment from risk of pollution. Where nutrient management plans for 2024 indicate the annual rate of 170 kilogram per hectare nitrogen from livestock manures is likely to be exceeded, farm businesses must undertake additional actions, to minimise the risks associated with the additional application of manures to land. Earlier the government limited the annual nitrogen application to a maximum of 250 kilogram per hectare, subject to crop need and additional environmental protection measures.