Inputs, Nutrition & Protection
Crop Protection, Pesticides & IPM
Authorisation, buffers, intervals and an IPM plan that writes itself.
Plant protection is the most heavily regulated routine activity on a UK farm, and the compliance burden falls almost entirely on record keeping. This module checks product authorisation at the moment of planning, enforces LERAP and buffer requirements against the actual watercourse position, blocks a harvest date that would breach a pre-harvest interval, and assembles the IPM plan from what was actually done rather than what was intended.
- 12 capabilities
- 3 linked schemes
- Flagship module
- Offline capable
- 12
- Capabilities in this module
- 6
- Interactive tools
- 3
- Linked support schemes
- 6
- Data integrations
- 5
- Measures reported
The ground reality
What is actually happening in crop protection in the UK
The Health and Safety Executive's Chemicals Regulation Division authorises plant protection products, and authorisations change continually — a product legal at planning may not be at application. Aerial application is prohibited by default under the Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012, permitted only under a specific HSE permit, which materially constrains drone spraying. Operator certification and LERAP buffer requirements are standard inspection points.
Figures are as published at the time of writing. Farm policy and payment rates change frequently — verify against the primary source before relying on any number here.
In the field
Crop protection, as it actually looks
Photography from working UK holdings alongside the interface that records it. Every frame below is a commissioned slot: the brief is stated until the photograph is taken.
Crop Protection — a walkthrough
A working pass through crop protection: entering the record once, and watching it appear in the evidence pack, the calendar and the scheme application without being typed again.
- 0:00 What the module is for
- 0:48 Entering the record
- 2:05 Where it appears next
- 3:20 The evidence pack
Photography slots state their own brief until the shot is commissioned, so the layout never shifts when real images arrive.
Capabilities
What Crop Protection does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Live product authorisation checking against the current HSE register position
- Approval withdrawal and use-up period alerting for products already in store
- Label rate, timing, maximum dose and maximum applications enforcement
Operate and monitor
- LERAP category assessment and buffer zone calculation against mapped watercourses
- Pre-harvest interval enforcement that blocks non-compliant harvest dates
- Operator certification and NRoSO points tracking with expiry alerts
Comply and evidence
- Sprayer test certification and calibration records
- Tank mix compatibility and sequencing guidance
- Integrated Pest Management plan auto-assembled from recorded practice
Analyse and improve
- Resistance management planning by mode of action group
- Spray application conditions record including wind speed, temperature and boom height
- Complete spray record export in every assurance and regulatory format required
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Product authorisation checker returning status, expiry and use-up date
Product authorisation checker returning status, expiry and use-up date
WizardBuffer zone map showing required no-spray distance from every watercourse
Buffer zone map showing required no-spray distance from every watercourse
MapPre-harvest interval countdown per field with a hard block on early harvest
Pre-harvest interval countdown per field with a hard block on early harvest
ToolIPM plan builder scored against the recognised decision hierarchy
IPM plan builder scored against the recognised decision hierarchy
BuilderResistance risk dashboard by mode of action across the rotation
Resistance risk dashboard by mode of action across the rotation
DashboardSpray window advisor combining forecast wind, temperature and rainfall
Spray window advisor combining forecast wind, temperature and rainfall
ToolEnd to end
How Crop Protection runs, start to finish
The module is modelled as a state machine, so at any point the business knows exactly which stage every record is at and what has to happen next.
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Identify the target and assess the threshold
This is where the record starts, and getting it right here removes work at every later stage.
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Consider non-chemical options under IPM
The platform prompts only for what this stage genuinely needs, and carries everything forward.
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Select an authorised product and check status
Conflicts with scheme rules, regulatory windows and existing commitments are flagged here rather than discovered later.
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Calculate buffers and check conditions
Capture works offline, so this stage is completed in the field rather than remembered afterwards.
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Record the recommendation
Everything recorded at this point becomes evidence automatically, in every format that will later ask for it.
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Apply and record conditions at application
This is the stage most businesses currently do twice, once for the operation and once for the paperwork.
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Enforce the pre-harvest interval
Results feed the whole-farm view, so the effect of this stage is visible against the rest of the business.
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Assemble IPM and audit evidence
The cycle closes here, and what is learned is carried into next season's plan rather than lost.
Who uses it
Built around four real jobs, not one generic user
Each of these people needs something different from the same record. The module is designed so none of them has to work around the others.
Sprayer operator
Daily application
Needs conditions, buffers and intervals checked before the sprayer moves.
BASIS qualified agronomist
Written recommendations
Needs recommendations tied to live authorisation status.
Assurance auditor
Annual and unannounced audit
Needs a complete, unedited spray record with conditions.
Catchment officer
Water quality
Needs evidence of buffer compliance in a sensitive catchment.
Schemes and funding
Support schemes this module works with
Agrivencia holds these schemes as data, so eligibility, payment rates, caps and windows update the day they change rather than at the next software release.
Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026
Pay farmers for environmental actions taken alongside food production, as the principal replacement for area-based direct payments in England.
Defra / Rural Payments Agency EnglandCountryside Stewardship
Fund more complex, targeted and bespoke habitat management than the main incentive offer supports.
Defra / Natural England / Rural Payments Agency EnglandFarming Equipment and Technology Fund
Contribute towards the cost of specified equipment and technology that improves productivity, slurry management or animal health and welfare.
Defra / Rural Payments AgencyRates, caps and windows change frequently and sometimes without notice. Always confirm against the current published scheme rules before applying.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
The module reports against these measures from the day it is switched on, so the value is demonstrable rather than assumed.
- 01Applications with complete records
- 02Authorisation breaches prevented
- 03Buffer compliance rate
- 04IPM plan completeness score
- 05Applications per hectare trend
Try it now
Spray Buffer Zone Checker
Work out the no-spray distance required for a product next to a watercourse, and whether a reduction applies.
How this is calculated
The base buffer for the product category is applied, then adjusted where a recognised low-drift nozzle, reduced dose or narrow watercourse permits a reduction under the applicable assessment scheme.
The product label is the legal requirement and overrides any calculator. Record the assessment for every application.
Find
Find suppliers and laboratories
Filter by type, nation, distance and accreditation. Results are ranked by relevance to your holding once your holding record exists, and alphabetically before that.
6 records shown from the platform’s own register
- Module Nutrient Management Planning Flagship
- Module Fertilisers & Plant Nutrition Core
- Module Crop Protection, Pesticides & IPM Flagship
- Module Biologicals & Biostimulants Core
- Module Weed Management & Blackgrass Core
- Module Crop Disease & Pest Diagnostics Core
Obligation calendar
What crop protection asks of you, and when
Windows, deadlines and recurring obligations for England. Set a different nation and the calendar reconfigures; farm across a border and it shows both, reconciled.
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February 2 entries
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3 February: Animal Health and Welfare Pathway
Rolling application.
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10 February: Identify the target and assess the threshold
A recurring step in crop protection.
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April 1 entry
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20 April: Adding Value Grant
Round-based.
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June 2 entries
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5 June: Farming Transformation Fund
Round-based by theme.
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15 June: Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026
Two windows in 2026: window one from 30 June, window two from September.
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July 2 entries
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14 July: Slurry Infrastructure Grant
Round-based.
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17 July: Water Management Grant
Round-based.
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August 2 entries
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9 August: Select an authorised product and check status
A recurring step in crop protection.
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19 August: Calculate buffers and check conditions
A recurring step in crop protection.
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October 2 entries
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1 October: Consider non-chemical options under IPM
A recurring step in crop protection.
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5 October: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund
Round-based, usually open for a defined application period.
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November 2 entries
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12 November: Improving Farm Productivity Grant
Round-based.
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27 November: Environmental Land Management Capital Grants
Round-based, with rapid allocation once open.
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December 1 entry
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26 December: Countryside Stewardship
Rolling and round-based depending on the tier and option group.
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Questions answered
What people ask about Crop Protection
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Crop Protection is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Authorisation change mid-season. Mitigated by live checking rather than an annual product list. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Documents
Take it away with you
Everything here is printable and works on a kitchen table with no signal. Where a document asks for an email address, it says so on the button rather than after you press it.
Authorisation, Buffers and Intervals: The UK Spray Record That Passes
The practical handbook for crop protection: what the rules require, what the evidence has to show, and the mistakes that cost people money.
crop protection — evidence checklist
Every document an audit or a claim asks for, in the order it is asked for, with the validity period of each.
crop protection — record template
The record structure the module uses, as a spreadsheet, so a business not yet on the platform can start keeping it correctly today.
Data model reference
Entities, fields and integration points for crop protection, for advisers and software partners.
See Crop Protection running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours