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Trade focus: Slurryquip and the benefits of going big bore

November 29, 2018

With the continuing onslaught of digital technology, it is easy to forget that agricultural machinery still relies on basic engineering principles to function…

EPA: Contractors don’t need abstraction licenses for slurry

November 21, 2018

Environment

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed that farm contractors do not need a water abstraction licence for diluting slurry. The clarification has…

Amazone gets serious about getting slurry out

November 1, 2018

Machinery

In Ireland, slurry application is most usually associated with grassland. Meanwhile, over in continental Europe, a good deal of the material – often…

‘If you were buying €2,000 worth of fertiliser, would you accept it without a label?’

October 29, 2018

Environment

Dr. Patrick Forrestal was tasked with informing delegates of manure and its management at the recent Soil Fertility Conference – a special focus…

Slurry spreading deadline to close in just over 2 weeks

October 15, 2018

Environment

The closed period for spreading slurry – as well as farmyard manure – is scheduled to close in just over two weeks. Farmers…

Slurry pressure is on…but are you putting safety first?

October 1, 2018

Agri-Business

With just two weeks until the end of this year’s slurry spreading season, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is…

South-east slurry specialist: ‘It’s been a very strange year’

August 30, 2018

Machinery

Rothwell Contracting is a firm located in Co. Wexford which has specialised in spreading agricultural slurry for approximately 30 years. The company also…

Thinking of more slurry storage? Here are your options and costs

August 24, 2018

Buildings

The winter of 2017/2018 is one that will stick with farmers for all the wrong reasons for years to come. Not only did…

Infrastructure focus: Investing in machinery and a paddock system in Co. Laois

August 19, 2018

Beef

Farming just outside Ballyroan, Co. Laois, John Mulhall operates a dairy store-to-beef system in conjunction with a tillage enterprise; grain is sold off-farm…

Fertiliser and slurry spreading extension labelled as ‘categorically insufficient’

August 13, 2018

Environment

The recently announced extension of the fertiliser and slurry spreading period has been welcomed by farm leaders, however, further “suites of measures” will…

Contractors call for extensions to slurry and fertiliser spreading dates

August 1, 2018

Grass

Agricultural contractors are calling for the deadline dates for the spreading of both chemical fertiliser and slurry to be extended. The Association of…

‘Rare’ third cuts set to become more common

July 19, 2018

Grass

Third cuts of silage are a rare sight in Co. Cavan, but some farmers will have to push hard for them this year…

‘Dry spell hasn’t done farmers or contractors any favours’

July 19, 2018

Grass

The prolonged dry spell experienced in recent weeks “hasn’t done the farming community any favours”, according to Maurice Gannon – an agricultural contractor from…

Nitrates derogation farmers risk ‘sanctions’ if slurry spreading rules are ignored

July 13, 2018

Environment

Farmers who have been granted a nitrates derogation risk being sanctioned if they ignore slurry spreading rules, a spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture,…