Publications

All our Voluntary Initiative publications

VI Best Practice Guide Handling Image
VI Best Practice Guide Handling

Why Pesticide Handling Areas are Important

VI Best Practice Guide Nozzles Image
VI Best Practice Guide Nozzles

Selecting the appropriate nozzle will have implications for product efficacy and the risk of losses both in run-off to the soil and as sp...

H2OK Biobeds at Work Image
H2OK Biobeds at Work

For the environmental peace of mind that a biobed can bring, its cost is relatively small, and there are signs that farms are increasingl...

VI Best Practice Guide Field Margins Image
VI Best Practice Guide Field Margins

Well managed field margins give significant environmental benefits, farmer satisfaction, generate income through stewardship schemes and...

VI Best Practice Guide Pesticide Storage Image
VI Best Practice Guide Pesticide Storage

Here's a VI guide to pesticide storage with a handy checklist. More detailed advice on good storage practice is contained in the HSE Guid...

VI Best Practice Guide PPE Image
VI Best Practice Guide PPE

Working with pesticides can be dangerous and cause illness unless proper precautions are taken. Many pesticides, if spilt on the skin, c...

VI Grassland Sprays Poster Image
VI Grassland Sprays Poster

Minute amounts of weed killers and pesticides can be detected in water and the tiniest of splashes which occur when filling the sprayer c...

VI Knapsack Do's and Dont's Image
VI Knapsack Do's and Dont's

Knapsack Sprayers and Water Protection.

VI Best Practice Guide Efficient Spraying Image
VI Best Practice Guide Efficient Spraying

Time is money”, an old saying but it matters in farming and it matters especially with spraying.

VI Biobed and Biofilter Diagrams Image
VI Biobed and Biofilter Diagrams

for smaller farms and covered handling areas.

VI Best Practice Guides Gloves Image
VI Best Practice Guides Gloves

Keep all chemicals away from the skin, even if they are thought to be harmless. When using pesticides protect yourself by adopting clean...

VI Best Practice Guide Slug Pellet Application Image
VI Best Practice Guide Slug Pellet Application

Slugs are a common and voracious pest of arable, potato, vegetable and soft fruit crops and occasionally grassland.