Animal Manure and Mineral Production, Transport, and Use in Utrecht, 2014-2015

Figures on the production, transport, and use of livestock manure and the minerals nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium by farms in Utrecht for the years 2014 and 2015. The dataset, provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, compares the use of animal manure in the form of nitrogen and phosphate with the placement space for both minerals.

Use Cases

• Analyze farm-level nutrient balances based on manure production and mineral content figures.
• Model regional transport patterns of livestock manure based on the transport data.
• Assess compliance with environmental regulations based on the comparison of manure use with placement space.
• Estimate agricultural nutrient cycles based on nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium data.

Strengths

• Covers two consecutive years (2014 and 2015), allowing for year-over-year analysis.
• Includes multiple dimensions of manure management: production, transport, and use.
• Explicitly compares nutrient use against regulatory placement space, a key policy metric.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from farm-level administrative or survey data.

Time Range

2014-2015

Freshness

Data covers 2014-2015; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Utrecht, Netherlands