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Climate and environment
‘If you’re losing nutrients, you’re losing money’
Caitríona Morrissey
Teagasc adviser Hugh Rooney tells Caitríona Morrissey how farmers can make best use of their slurry, financially and environmentally, this autumn.
4 September 2024 Management
Beef Management : Slurry dates, autumn calving and reseed management
In this week's Beef Management we take a look at slurry spreading, dosing weanlings, managing reseeds and autumn calving cows.
21 August 2024 News
Over 15,000 more farms face splash plate ban
The Department of Agriculture expects that, by next year, 41,000 farmers will be required to use LESS to spread slurry.
New slurry rules on way for 15,000 farmers
From next year, farmers with a stocking rate of between 100kg of organic nitrogen per hectare and 129kg N/ha will be banned from using splash plates.
21 August 2024 News
Peter Sweetman: planning campaign sparked by illegal slurry spreading
Serial objector Peter Sweetman tells Caitríona Morrissey why he is targeting farm developments in a campaign on planning permission.
7 August 2024 Buildings
DAERA consider on-off slurry ban
A 37-point action plan to improve water quality was published by the department last week after receiving approval by ministers in the NI Executive
24 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Farmers are putting real money into climate change measures
Jack Kennedy points out the real cost of climate change investments to farmers.
17 July 2024 Editorial
On test: Mastek FlexiShoe offers practical, precise performance
Gary Abbott recently tried out Mastek’s 7.6m Flexi trailing shoe applicator to see how it performs.
17 July 2024 Farm machinery
SlurryKat appoints Cork dealer
SlurryKat has announced the appointment of MC&S Agri Sales in Co Cork as new dealers for its slurry spreading and handling products.
10 July 2024 News
Tighter fertiliser rules on the table
Establishment of an online database which records details about the movement of fertiliser on to individual farms is part of the plan
3 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Sample slurry to get best value from it
Taking slurry samples will help farmers get better value from their slurry, the Slurry Solutions event in Rosscarbery heard this week.
26 June 2024 l2
Slurry tanks on average were 20% full heading into last winter.
Information from a study on dairy soiled water and slurry volumes showed that across the 100 farms involved tanks were one fifth full on average at the slurry closing date in October 2023.
26 June 2024 l2