LV7: Livestock troughs

How much you’llwill be paid paid

£152.92 per trough.

HowWhere thisto itemuse benefitsthis the environmentitem

ProvidingAvailable livestockfor withCountryside anStewardship alternativeMid toTier, drinkingHigher fromTier watercourses and pondsCapital reduces bank erosion, sediment pollution and the faecal contamination of watercourses.Grants.

Where you can use this item 

You can use this item either in areas:Only:

• in areas targeted for the reduction of water pollution caused by farming, where livestock are excluded from stream or surface watersfarming

or:

• where grazing is being introducedreintroduced as part of a managementCountryside actionStewardship ormanagement optionoption.

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Where cannotthis useitem thiscannot item: 

be used

• under housing or roof structures
• within 1010m metres (m) of ditches, streams or waterways
• within 6m of historic or archaeological features identified in the HEFER
• on areas vulnerable to soil erosion as identified on yourthe FarmFER

How Environmentthis Recorditem (FER)

towill replacebenefit anthe existingenvironment

This trough

withinitem 6mwill ofprovide livestock with an historicalternative orto archaeologicaldrinking featurefrom identifiedwatercourses inand yourponds. HistoricIt Environmentwill Farmreduce Environmentbank Recorderosion, (HEFER)

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Youwatercourses. must:It is not for replacing existing troughs.

Requirements

• make sure the trough is made of galvanised steel, or concrete, spray-moulded glass-reinforced cement (GRC)(GRC), or polyethylene
• connect the trough to a water supply or to supply water from a bowser on a regular basis
• make sure the trough has a ball valve and service box and complies with British standard BS3445 for water troughs
• meet the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 if using a mains water supply

Evidence

make yousure mustthe keep 

Youtrough mustmeets keeprelevant photographsBritish ofStandards the- completedexamine workcopies andof providethe withmost yourup-to-date claim.

standards

Keeping records

YouAgreement mustholders alsowill need to keep the following records and providesupply them on request:

• any consents or permissions connected with the work
• receipted invoicesinvoices, or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable
• photographs of site before works start

ReadPlease see the record keeping and siteinspection visit requirements as set out in the Agreementrelevant holder’sMid guide:Tier, Higher Tier or Capital Grants,Grants Higherguidance Tierfor capitalmore grantsdetail. andYou Protectioncan find the latest guidance at Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and Infrastructureimprove grantsthe forland moreyou information.manage.

Other

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Youfollowing canrecords useand thissupply itemthem with thesethe items:claim:

LV3:

• photographs Hardof basesthe forcompleted livestockwork

Related drinkers

Mid Tier and Capital Grants items

LV4:HardThis basesitem forcan livestockbe feedersused on the same area as the following options and items:

• LV5:LV5 - Pasture pumps and associated pipework

• LV6:LV6 - Ram pumps and associated pipework

• LV8:LV8 - Pipework associated with livestock troughs

• SW1 - 4m to 6m buffer strip on cultivated land
• SW2 - 4m to 6m buffer strip on intensive grassland
• all other livestock grazing options

Advice toand helpsuggestions youfor usehow to carry out this item

The following advicesection maygives helpadvice youon tocarrying useout this item,item successfully but youdoes do not haveform topart followof itthe torequirements getfor paid. It’s not part of this item’s requirements.   item.

ChoosingHow to choose a site

Place the trough:

• on hard-standing or on well-drained soil to avoid unnecessary trampling (poaching), erosion or runoff
• away from features through which organic manures and sediment could enter waterways

How – avoid siting troughs on a flow pathway or close to amaintain valley bottom to a watercourse, ensuring the troughsite

To ismeet atscheme leastrequirements, 10mdo from a watercourse

Do not:

• allow overflow or leaks to contribute to runoff, ponding or erosion in the field
• damage historic or environmental features identified in yourthe HEFER

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Further Standards

information

CheckRead Countryside Stewardship: get funding to makeprotect sureand improve the workland meetsyou relevantmanage Britishto Standards.find out more information about Mid Tier, Higher Tier and Capital Grants including how to apply.