ENCASH
ENCASH is a CD-based software tool that allows farmers and advisors to calculate the nitrogen (N) production in manure produced by different types of permanently housed pigs and poultry based on their specific dietary input, and covering a range of production and manure management systems.
The nitrogen production value produced by ENCASH may be used in England, Wales and Scotland instead of the standard values of N production when calculating compliance with the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) Livestock Manure N Farm Limit. This limit is one of the NVZ Action Programme measures that came into force in January 2009. The output from ENCASH can be entered into PLANET.
ENCASH is no longer available.
2026 update: New online nutrient management planning tool
In February 2026, Defra announced the launch of a new web-based free-to-use
‘Plan and Manage Nutrient Applications Tool’ (NMPT-GB) to help farmers and advisers in England and Wales plan and record their nutrient use. The tool is an online replacement for the PLANET v.3.3 and MANNER-NPK nutrient management planning tools.
NMPT-GB is available now for England and Wales. Subsequent releases will include Scotland and expand functionality including importing data from PLANET. Registered PLANET users will be emailed when this functionality is available.
The PLANET data import functionality will allow users to migrate their existing PLANET data into a new farm file in NMPT-GB. Data imported from PLANET can only be used to create a new farm file and cannot be added to a NMPT-GB farm file after it is created.
NMPT-GB was developed by Defra, ADAS and RSK Business Solutions with support from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).