
Arable
Advice: Making best use of organic manures and slurries
Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (ADAS) has recently compiled a series of guidelines, advising farmers on how they can make...
Arable
Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (ADAS) has recently compiled a series of guidelines, advising farmers on how they can make...
Schemes
The government has announced this week that an added £74 million will help farmers invest in slurry infrastructure. This, it...
N.Ireland
Six Northern Irish companies have been awarded £100,000 each to develop their Sustainable Utilisation of Livestock Slurry projects. The Small...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) said it has contacted the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and the...
Environment
One-third of all the animal slurries and manures produced in Denmark are currently put through an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant...
Environment
A dairy and turkey farmer has been ordered to pay £2,120 after slurry entered a brook near Swindon, the Environment...
Agri-Business
Eurofins Agro UK has today (Thursday, August 31) announced the opening of a new agricultural testing facility in Needham Market,...
Beef
Lowering the crude protein content of diets can substantially reduce ammonia emissions from dairy cow manures. This is one of...
Agri-Business
Removing the solid fraction of slurry and returning the liquid to the lagoon has long been a common practice on...
Agri-Business
At a recent demonstration of its XSplit slurry separator, Vogelsang had arranged for one of its spreading systems to be...
Environment
The importance of getting your cattle slurry analysed has been highlighted to farmers as the results can show a large...
Agri-Business
£31 million has today (Thursday, June 8) been made available to farmers and foresters for farm productivity equipment and technology...
Machinery
Methane has been hitting the headlines of late as a significant greenhouse gas, even at concentrations of as little as...
Agri-Business
Farmers are being urged by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) to capitalise on the Countryside Stewardship scheme and apply to...
Environment
The UK government has increased the money for slurry infrastructure for farmers to £34 million through the first round of...
N.Ireland
Culling badgers will have “no meaningful impact” on campaigns designed to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB), according to a leading UK...
N.Ireland
As the open season for the spreading of organic manure begins in less than two weeks’ time on February 1,...
N.Ireland
According to the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) advisors in Northern Ireland, farmers can take a number...