Mr. Bill Callanan:

I draw the Senator's attention to our new MyAgFood platform, which is the Department's interface with farmers and advisers. Within that system, we have a nitrates predictor that assists farmers by telling them where they are at in terms of the year and predicting forward to the end of the year as to where they are likely to finish within the 170 kg. I accept exactly what the Senator is saying. It is a challenge for farmers in terms of planning for the year ahead and whether they can accommodate slurry or will need to move it. We have tightened up the process. We now have a system of reported slurry movements, which requires that farmers report such movements within four days. This ensures we get a true and accurate reflection of where manure is being moved.