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Aug 8, 2023

No Comments The Ministry of Agriculture has just submitted to public consultation the project that modifies Royal Decree 1054/2022, of December 27, which establishes and regulates the Information System of agricultural and livestock farms and the Digital Notebook, which suffers a new delay, in this case of 9 months, postponing its entry into force to September 1, 2024 and establishing until then a series of promotion measures for its voluntary adoption by farms. The deadline initially established for the Digital Notebook, next September 1, had already been postponed until January 1, 2024 and now the Ministry decides to postpone that entry into force to September 2024, so that it finally extends one year to with respect to the initial date set. The entry into force in March of this year of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2023-2027 has established the progressive entry into force of the digital exploitation notebook to advance towards the objective of introducing digitization in the management of farms. farms. The obligation to use the digital notebook will be progressive from September 2024 But the Government recognizes that “the entry into force of this digital notebook has coincided with the first year of application of the CAP and has meant an additional effort for farmers and ranchers” so the Ministry decides “to postpone the entry into force of the notebook of digital exploitation, in order to give more time to the sector, farmers and ranchers and also to collaborating entities, so that they can become familiar with the new tools necessary for their application”. In parallel, until its entry into force, measures will be put in place to promote the use of the digital holding book on a voluntary basis, with advantages and assistance for farmers and ranchers who use it. Who should use the digital notebook and from when The application of the digital exploitation notebook will be carried out progressively from September 1, 2024. As of that date, the digital exploitation notebook will be mandatory for exploitations that have a total area, adding the surface of land of cultivation and permanent crops, greater than 30 hectares; for those that have more than 5 hectares of irrigated land over their total area of ​​cultivated land and permanent crops; and for those that have greenhouse crops. Small farms, exempt As of September 1, 2025, the rest of the producers must use the digital farm book, although the use of the digital farm book is made more flexible, exempting farmers with a smaller territorial base from the obligation to use it. Specifically, the smallest farms will be exempt from the obligation to use the digital notebook when they have a total agricultural area of ​​less than or equal to 5 hectares, do not have greenhouses or an irrigated area of ​​more than 1 hectare. Farms with less than 5 ha of surface area and those that do grazing and do not pay will not have to cover the digital notebook. Farms that only have pasture surface will also be exempt from using the digital notebook, as long as they do not apply fertilizers to them other than those derived from the actual grazing of the animals. However, these farms would be required to apply for CAP eco-regimes, since farm owners who request aid for certain environmental practices linked to permanent pasture areas must write down certain actions to benefit from these payments (identification of parcels of grazing, dates, activities in relation to sustainable harvesting and islands of biodiversity, among others). Measures to promote the voluntary use of the digital notebook Farmers who so wish may voluntarily make all the entries in the digital notebook as of January 1, 2024. The Ministry of Agriculture will promote voluntary application through different types of actions: granting specific aid to promote the implementation of the digital notebook and prioritizing or increasing the amounts when the beneficiaries make use of the digital notebook. Less controls in the CAP The digital exploitation notebook means changing from the paper support of the traditional exploitation notebook to a digital support that allows the farmer to take better advantage of the information it generates and to be able to transmit it to the administrations by telematic methods. The digital notebook will allow the autonomous communities to check if the requirements for granting ecoregimes and direct aid are met Individualized information on the use of inputs in agriculture allows the competent authorities to more easily verify compliance with the regulations, as is the case of notes related to compliance with certain requirements of the ecoregimes and aid associated with the direct payments of the CAP. For this reason, the Ministry expressly indicates that “in CAP aid applications, beneficiaries who voluntarily use the digital exploitation notebook will be subject to fewer controls and, if penalties are applied, these will be lower.” subscriber plans The digital exploitation notebook includes the annotation of the applications of phytosanitary products and fertilizers in all agricultural exploitations, due to the entry into force of the new regulations on sustainable nutrition of agricultural soils. The agricultural sustainability tool for nutrients will enter into force on January 1, 2024. The holders of greenhouses with access to the interior must use the digital notebook in a mandatory manner for the applications of fertilizers and phytosanitary products. In the cases of extensive livestock in which fertilizers are applied to the pastures, the owners must record the applications in the digital notebook as of September 1, 2025. The agricultural sustainability tool for nutrients will enter into force on January 1, 2024 With respect to fertilization, farmers who make voluntary use of the digital farm book prior to its mandatory use may use a digital fertilization tool, with which they can comply with the obligation to have a fertilization advisor for complete the subscription plan; they will be exempted from the obligation to establish mitigation measures linked to the use of urea; and they may exceed the nitrogen and/or phosphorus tolerances if the rest of the requirements are met. Production cost reduction The information recorded in the farm notebooks is key to improving management, allowing a more efficient and sustainable use of inputs and, with it, a reduction in production costs. The digital notebook allows the data to be combined with other fertilization and meteorological tools and with the information obtained by the planting and harvesting machinery The introduction of the digital notebook allows the farmer to make decisions based on data and, with this, improve the efficiency in the consumption of inputs, contributing in addition to reducing costs, to increasing their environmental contribution. The digital notebook allows you to access the list of authorized phytosanitary products, systematize the information on fertilization and find out if an optimized use of these inputs is being made, according to the type of farm, type of soil, crop and area. “We try to make things easier for the farmer with a field notebook that is very easy to use” José Senande is one of those responsible for the field notebook and digital exploitation Osigrisa computer application created almost 4 years ago and which is currently used by more than 10,000 farms. The intention of this Galician company, which started in Cambre in 2019 and in which 8 people work, is to “facilitate the transition to the digital notebook for the farmer through an easy-to-use tool,” they explain. More than 10,000 farms already use the Osigris field notebook today “We have created a field notebook that is quick and easy and has the best support support. The farmer, rancher or technician can call us at any time and we will guide them on how to make notes or resolve possible doubts or incidents. We try to make the upcoming changes as easy as possible”, explains Senande. Advantages of Osigris Using the Osigris field notebook provides a series of advantages to the owners of agricultural and livestock farms compared to other available tools. For example, it allows you to have your agricultural technician connected, so that he can make notes and supervise and correct the data entered. “The norm establishes a very short term, of only 30 days, to enter the data of the different phytosanitary treatments and subscriber applications; It is a very tight deadline, especially in the middle of the campaign, and not complying with it can lead to significant sanctions and penalties in the CAP”, warns Senande. The application emits individualized alerts that notify the farmer if he exceeds the maximum doses allowed or makes an error in the annotations Osigris updates the Ministry’s data on the official reference indices that are taken as a base every week and generates individualized alerts on application limits. “We notify you if you exceed the permitted doses or if an incorrect entry has been made,” she explains. The application is connected to the SIEX tool of the Ministry, the official system for agricultural and livestock farms, but unlike this platform, Osigris allows you to correct the data entered and upload the information once it has been supervised by the agricultural technician who advises The explotion. “On the official platform, if you make a mistake, you have a problem,” warns Senande. Affordable for any type of exploitation Osigris allows you to easily cover the digital field notebook by making notes on phytosanitary treatments, fertilization applications, planting, tilling and harvesting plot by plot both from the mobile and from the web. The majority of cooperatives, distributors, technicians and agricultural consulting companies already work with Osigris, which is affordable for any type of farm. This information was prepared with the commercial collaboration of Osigris. To receive more information about the Osigris Field Notebook, you can access its website, call 627797153 or send an email to [email protected].