Keeping a spray record

It is an advantage to use the electronic spray record if you spray the same areas multiple times during a season.

In the record you have an overview of all your treated areas and can see when, where and how much you have sprayed. The spray record must be kept continuously for each season.

You are responsible for keeping a spray record on an ongoing basis. This also applies if it is a machine station that sprays your fields for you.

No later than seven days after spraying your fields, you shall enter all information in your spray record. There are no formal requirements for how the record is kept. For some farmers, it may be an advantage to keep the record in the digital reporting system (SJI). The information must be stored for at least 3 years.

In the spray record, you shall regularly note

1. Which plant protection products you spray your treated area with (eg your field). The trade name of the plant protection product must appear in the record (also preferably the registration number)

2. How much you spray your treated area. Specify dosage per hectares or square meter.

3. Identification of the field/area that you are spraying (eg field number or number on board)

4. How big the area is (in hectares or square meters)

5. The date of spraying

6. Name og the crop/culure

7. Your CVR number

The Danish Agency for Agriculture makes 600-700 inspection visits a year in the agricultural sector, on golf courses, municipalities and others. During these visits, the storage and use of plant protection products are checked, including if spray records are kept correctly.