Non-compliance with Good Agricultural Practices – Take action!
The latest National Agricultural Inspection Programme (NAIP) Summary Report highlighted that 43% of all farms inspected in 2025 were found to be non-compliant with the Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) Regulations. Many of the issues identified are issues that do not require a complex solution. Click on the document below to learn how to identify issues on your farm and how to address them.
Farm Self-Assessment Checklist
Prepared to help farmers be ready for a Local Authority (NAIP) inspection, the Farm Self-Assessment Checklist helps identify potential water quality risks in terms of clean water and soiled water separation; soiled water and dairy washings management; slurry storage and management; farmyard manure; silage facilities; other potential pollution risks; and nutrient management and fertiliser use. Download your copy of the checklist below:
Advisor and Consultant Water Quality Resources
Advisor and Consultant Water Quality Resources to support farm advisors and agricultural consultants who deliver farmer water quality training. Bringing together the slides, handouts and booklets from advisor training, with videos, guides and tools.
Digital tools
AgNav
AgNav is a free digital sustainability platform available to all farmers, which can be used to assess a farm’s performance on key sustainability metrics:
• Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
• Ammonia emissions
• Production
• Nutrient balance
• Soil carbon
AgNav can be used to identify management changes that will help improve a farm’s sustainability. Whilst the platform is mainly targeted at climate change mitigation, many of the actions that can be taken to reduce emissions will also contribute to reducing nutrient losses to waterbodies. These actions can be combined in a bespoke sustainability plan for each farm which can therefore help mitigate both air and water pollution, while ensuring productivity and economic viability. Learn more about AgNav.
PastureBase Ireland
PastureBase Ireland is a digital tool designed to help dairy, beef and sheep farmers manage their grass utilisation. It provides daily updates on grass growth across the country, so that farmers can match their nitrogen inputs to the grass demands. This helps farmers achieve better Nutrient Use Efficiencies (NUE) in their farms, therefore reducing the risk of nitrogen losses to waterbodies, whilst positively impacting on profit. Learn more about PastureBase Ireland.