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Revealed: Higher rate of slurry spreading complaints in some counties

February 5, 2019

Slurry spreading outside of the closed period, odours left in its aftermath and the pollution of local water sources as a result, were…

Reminder: Slurry safety guidelines

January 14, 2019

Machinery

Yesterday signaled an end to the closed period for spreading fertiliser in Zone A. Last week, AgriLand spoke with Pat Griffin of the Health…

‘Sometimes they get overcome by gas, get dizzy and fall in’

January 13, 2019

Beef

Farmers will begin to spread slurry around the country next week. First and foremost in their minds should be safety. Spreading slurry is…

Swann calls for farmers to be allowed to spread slurry early

January 12, 2019

N.Ireland

Ulster Unionist Party leader Robin Swann has called on Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture to lift the ban on farmers spreading slurry early…

Slurry spreading: Buffer zones wider for first 2 weeks

January 10, 2019

Beef

Buffer zones for surface waters increase from 5m to 10m in the first two weeks after the prohibited spreading period ends and the…

Slurry spreading: Top safety tips

January 9, 2019

Machinery

As slurry season nears – some farmers will be able to spread from January 13 – the most important thing is to be…

Open season: When can you start spreading?

January 8, 2019

Dairy

An end to the closed period for spreading slurry, artificial fertiliser, farmyard manure and other organic fertilisers is in sight. Farmers in some…

Jackie Cahill: Creed must lift slurry ban immediately

January 2, 2019

Environment

Farmers must be allowed to make the most of the unseasonably mild, dry weather we’re having at the moment to spread slurry. That’s…

Trade focus: Slurryquip and the benefits of going big bore

November 29, 2018

Machinery

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…

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