Trailing shoe

Farmers in Tipperary have said that LESS equipment is not practical or safe for small-scale drystock farms on high ground.

Farmers stocked between 100kg and 130kg organic nitrogen/ha should not have to face the "unnecessary" cost burden of LESS, the IFA's livetsock chair said.

Kerry Mechanical Engineering (KME) will launch its latest umbilical slurry pump and air compressor combi unit at the Ploughing Championships, alongside showing its full portfolio of slurry equipment.

Abbey Machinery is set to unveil a new flexi-shoe applicator alongside a new 2050PR slurry tanker model fitted with an Agri Pro trailing shoe at the National Ploughing Championships.

Northern Irish manufacturer, SlurryKat returns to the National Ploughing Championships once again to showcase its full range of slurry handling machinery including a new 1,400m umbilical hose reeler.

Alongisde displaying its full range of tanker mounted and umbilical attachments, Slurryquip will debut a new 65m3 nurse tank and the Bioselect RC 150 mobile slurry separator from Borger.

Gary Abbott recently tried out Mastek’s 7.6m Flexi trailing shoe applicator to see how it performs.

Open days for local farmers were held at AFBI Hillsborough last week. Peter McCann reports.