What is FARMSCOPER?
FARMSCOPER is a decision support tool that can be used to assess diffuse agricultural pollutant loads on a farm and quantify the impacts of farm mitigation methods on these pollutants. It also determines potential additional consequences of mitigation method implementation for biodiversity, water use and energy use.
The farm systems within the tool can be customised to reflect management and environmental conditions representative of farming across England and Wales. The tool contains over 100 mitigation methods, including many of those in the latest Defra Mitigation Method User Guide.
FARMSCOPER has been modified under Defra’s Integrated Advice Pilot Study, and is designed to complement the use of the Integrated Advice Packages also developed under this project. FARMSCOPER was originally developed under Defra project WQ0106.
Useful Links:
Project report on the original version of Farmscoper
Mitigation Method User Guide December 2011
Version History
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v1.0
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April 2010
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The original version of Farmscoper, developed under Defra Project WQ0106, which was distributed by CD.
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v2.0
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November 2011
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Improved interface; integrated help; more flexible farm systems; more mitigation methods; consequences for biodiversity.
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v2.1
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July 2012
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Error in ‘Create’ sheet for nitrate and phosphorus losses from FYM to arable land fixed; nitrate and phosphorus losses from FYM heaps altered.
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v2.2
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April 2013
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Error in ‘Create’ sheet for nitrate and phosphorus losses from pig manure fixed.
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How do I get a copy?
FARMSCOPER is free to download from this website.
Click here to download Farmscoper v2.2
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If v2.0 or v2.1 is already installed, click here to download a zip file containing the revised ‘Create’ sheet and database from v2.2
If you are currently unable to download Farmscoper, please email Richard Gooday.
The installation of Farmscoper places all the files necessary to use the tool in a directory. By default this directory is: C:\Program Files\ADAS\Farmscoper2
An icon is not created in the windows Start Menu or included on the desktop.
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