New fitting aims to solve dribble-bar slurry spreading issue

June 28, 2023 9:53 am

The use of Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) equipment is increasing on an annual basis with the dribble bar being one of the more common LESS methods. One common complaint many farmers have with spreading their slurry with a dribble bar is the slurry can sometimes cake in the lines where it is left in the field and some farmers have reported noticing the slurry still in these lines at the base of the sward at silage-cutting time. An entrepreneurial farmer from Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, has developed a simple, patented device that solves the issue of dribble-bar slurry being left in lines. Stephen McKeown is the mastermind behind the new product called ‘Splash It’. The product is a dribble-bar attachment and was officially launched on the market on Thursday, June 21, 2023.