Machinery
DLG has awarded the 15m Vogelsang BlackBird trailing shoe boom fitted with two ExaCut ECQ precision distributors a 5-year seal of approval.
Beef
From January 1, 2025 the use of low emission slurry spreading (LESS) has become compulsory on farms stocked at 100kg N/ha or above.
Machinery News
The use of Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) equipment requires more skilled tractor drivers and...
Agri-Business
ICMSA has called for TAMS to be extended to include eligibility for all farmers concerning the trailing shoe grant
The latest series of lightweight booms from Vogelsang are designed for smaller tankers with spreading widths up to 12 metres
Beef News
Concerns have been raised that farmers will be hit with a cost burden after the minister confirmed the exclusion of dribble bars from TAMS.
Opinion
I have attended a number of silage events of late at which the issue of grass-cutting height was discussed at length.
Slurry is fast shedding its nuisance image and is now considered a vital input, its management was thoroughly addressed at Agritechnica
Environment
Minister waiting on new analysis before making any decisions in relation to the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme 3 (TAMS).
Kaweco is well established in the Netherlands as manufacturers of high-spec slurry tankers, which are now coming to Ireland.
Abbey Machinery has taken note of the furore surrounding the exclusion of dribble bars from...
At a recent demonstration of its XSplit slurry separator, Vogelsang had arranged for one of its...
The new TAMS is set to exclude dribble bars, yet they they are cheaper and lighter than trailing shoe units and can perform just as well.
Buildings
A grant aid rate of 60% will apply to all eligible farmers regardless of what age bracket they fall into, Agriland understands.
The ICSA is proposing a compromise to the problem of the 5% Beef Emergency Aid Measure (BEAM) scheme stocking rate reduction.
To coincide with this year’s Agritechnica, German firm Vogelsang has unveiled its new slurry spreading BlackBird trailing shoe linkage.
Retrofitting an old slurry tank with a trailing shoe spreading system can prove quite difficult and expensive for a variety of reasons.
There have been in excess of 450 applications to date to the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Slurry tanks on many farms across the country are almost full to capacity
The low emission slurry spreading measure in the new GLAS scheme has sparked huge interest among farmers and contractors in Trailing shoes.
