Dairy
There has been a significant interest in contract rearing heifers in recent years as farmers have realised its benefit for reducing their...
Dairy Technical
Many dairy farmers appear to be considering the exporting slurry option to overcome the nitrates derogation challenge facing them.
The new president of the ICMSA believes that changes to the N value of calves up to 12-months-of-age may help nitrates derogation farmers.
The question facing many farmers ahead of the maximum SR under the derogation dropping to 220kg of N/ha is what to do?
Exporting slurry has been mention as an option for dairy farmers that find themselves exceeding the 220kg limit of organic nitrogen (N)/ha.
