NMP online is an online system for developing nutrient management plans for environment and regulatory purposes.
It is available to all Agricultural professionals. Please contact the ConnectED office to get access to the system.
NMP Online
NMP Online – How to videos
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Land Setup - The basics
With the latest updates to NMP Online your Land Setup page will look a little different. In this video learn to navigate the Land Setup page. Find out what’s new and learn where the layers are located, how to centre your map, what the LB and DB button does.
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Land Setup - Add LPIS and Draw Plots
The NMP support team (Teagasc) will take you through how the “Add LPIS” button operates within the upgraded mapping of NMP Online. Saving the land parcel is explained as well as drawing a parcel from start to finish. It also outlines how the new docking feature functions within NMP Online
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Land Setup - Split and merge plots
This video outlines how to split and merge plots in the Land Setup page of NMP Online. This is an important tool for users who need to split plots for a client who may have increased paddocks or who need to merge plots. Dialogue boxes both when zoomed in and zoomed out are explained.
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Land Setup - Snapping explained and how to edit plot boundaries
In this video NMP support team (Teagasc) will take you through how the “snapping tool” operates in NMP Online. This video will be helpful for a user who need to merge plots that may have been poorly drawn in the past. The “snapping tool” is explained here in detail.
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Farmyard Map - Farmyard structures, soiled water and storage areas
This video takes you through how the relevant layers for this mapping page can be highlighted. It outlines how you add various features such as a well, a tree or a farm structure. It also takes you through positioning farmyard facilities such as soiled water or storage areas on the map.
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Map Viewer - Measure area and distance
In this video NMP support team (Teagasc) will take you through how the “Layer control” functions. The video outlines what layers are active by default and goes into detail on the layers that are available. The measuring tool for both distance and area is also demonstrated.
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Map Viewer - Print maps and clone settings
This video takes you through how to create and print pdf’s of maps in NMP Online. It outlines how to create the map, set the scale, move the map if necessary. How to use clone settings is demonstrated in detail. This useful tool will absolutely save NMP Online users a lot of time.
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NMP online training webinar
NMP online mapping training
Previous Bulletins
2025
NMP Bulletin 43 – April 2025 – Edit Client Details (pdf)
- Edit Client details as an Agency owner
- Edit Client details as an agent.
NMP Bulletin 42 – 31st March 2025 (pdf)
- Agency and My Client improvements
- Farmers plan page
- Updated Organic Matter layer
- Show Related LPIS
NMP Bulletin 41 – 14th March 2025 (pdf)
- Updated Good Agricultural Practices for the Protection of Water Regulations
- Reduced Available N rates as part of Statutory Instrument 42 of 2025
- Annual Excreta Rates for livestock changes for 2025 onwards
- Annual Excreta Rates for livestock changes for 2025 onwards
NMP Bulletin 40 – 26th February 2025 (pdf)
- Mapping improvements
- Create Report Packs – Soil Fertility Reports
- Map output Improvements
- Copying plans from one year to another to reduce errors
2024
NMP Bulletin 39 – 26th November 2024 (pdf)
- Current Soil Sample Rules in NMP
- A number of improvements to NMP
- Organic Matter and Nutrient Management Planning
- New Warnings in NMP to help Users
NMP Bulletin 38 – Sept 2024 (pdf)
- Guidelines for registration and usage of NMP for Agricultural Colleges and Higher Educational Institutions (Teagasc and non Teagasc)
NMP Bulletin 37 – July 2024 (pdf)
- DAFM Press Release 17th July 2024 – N allowance increases
- Hyperlink of soil samples from the Land Setup page
- Improvements to the Agency Owner admin section for “Clients”
- Improvements to the Farmer Plans Screen for Users
- NMP Logo added to NMP
The EPA Targeting Agricultural Measures Mapping Tool (pdf)
NMP Bulletin 36 – July 2024 (pdf)
- New Water Quality Layers added to Map Viewer
- How to interact with these layers
- LPIS Database updated from 2014 to 2022 and Land Setup page changes
- Previous Bulletin on Plan Summary improvements NMP Bulletin 35
- New Report Functionality in Admin for Agency Owners
NMP Bulletin 35 – June 2024 (pdf)
- Change to plan settings
- Improvements in Agency plans admin
- Deleting organic manures
- Derogation 80:20 rule
- Plan summary changes
NMP Bulletin 34 – May 2024 (pdf)
- Changes to Crop List, rough grazing
- ACRES Crops
- New fertilisers
- Organic and Chemical fertiliser page improvements
- Importing Organic manures
- Sheep/Deer/Horses 6 weeks
NMP What can it do for Users (pdf)
NMP Bulletin 33 – April 2024 (pdf)
- NMP Fixes on soiled water, Nitrates SR page, soil samples to 2 decimal places
NMP Bulletin 32 – March 2024 (pdf)
- Soil Sample page improvements
- Update to lime and soil sample pages
- Plan Summary changes
- Adding a new fertiliser to a NMP
NMP Online Data Release Form April 2024 (pdf)
Registering to use NMP online – updated April 2024 (pdf)
NMP Bulletin 31 – March 2024 (pdf)
- Nitrates Reduced N 5% cut 2024
- Eco-Scheme N Allowances 2024
NMP Bulletin 30 – February 2024 (pdf)
- Nitrates Stocking Rate Calculations page in NMP
- Records and new Records Reports
2023
NMP Bulletin 29 – December 2023 (pdf)
- Commonage adjustment 2023
- New Ortho Layer 2023
NMP Bulletin 28.20 – Dairy Washings – November 2023 (pdf)
NMP Bulletin 27 – November 2023 (pdf)
- New Maps layers in NMP (220 map, OM map)
- Water Protection Layers (PIP-N/P, P flow delivery points and paths)
- Hay/Silage for sale
- Messages on Land and fert max page
Addition to NMP Bulletin 26 – User Update ACTION Required (pdf)
- Plan settings – derogation applied for in current year
NMP Bulletin 26 – October 2023 (pdf)
- Soiled water, Farmer plans, custom animal and custom non-animal manures, Livestock and housing page amalgamated, Lime page
NMP Bulletin 25 – March 2023 (pdf)
- Three new dairy cows and banding
- Dairy washings calculations
- P&K layers
- Organic fertiliser page changes due to change in P content of slurry
NMP Bulletin 24 – February 2023 (pdf)
- Archiving Clients as an agency owner
2022
NMP Bulletin 23 – December 2022 (pdf)
- Soil Sample report Generator
NMP Bulletin 22 – September 2022 (pdf)
- Cattle Slurry N and P content changes
- Imports and exports changes
NMP Bulletin 21 – Mar 2022 (pdf)
- Nitrates Update 2022
- Commonage and Rough Grazing (commonage in plan summary)
- 10% N reduction
- OSI Basemap for watercourses
- Soil sample template – top tips
2021
NMP Bulletin 20 – Oct 2021 (pdf)
- Videos on the upgraded mapping pages
NMP Bulletin 19 – Aug 2021 (pdf) – User Manual on mapping for NMP
NMP Bulletin 18 – August 2021 (pdf)
- Farmer plans screen (locked, derogation, P Build-up, Records, etc.)
- Soil reports, filtering home screen, 2nd crops
NMP User Manual
NMP User Manual 2016 (pdf)