Environment
Do you know the biggest risk farmers take when working with slurry?
Not removing livestock from a slatted shed prior to agitating is the biggest risk taken by farmers when working with...
Slurry
Machinery
Top tips to keep your slurry tanker in perfect working order
A slurry tanks workload is going to increase significantly in the coming weeks, meaning these machines are going to have...
Machinery
Video: Could this alternative PTO system make slurry spreading safer?
Brothers Noel and Ger Hickey from Co. Waterford have created an alternative drive system for vacuum-type slurry tankers rather than...
Beef
Scientists develop system to remove phosphorus from slurry
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a mobile system for removing phosphorus from cattle and, potentially, pig...
Rural Life
Farmer dies in slurry-related accident
A farmer has died after he was involved in an accident involving slurry on his farm in Co. Tyrone. The...
N.Ireland
Five cattle die and farmer lucky to be alive after slurry incident on farm
Three cows and two calves have died on a farm in Northern Ireland and a farmer is lucky to be...
Environment
Government has 'no plans to extend the slurry spreading deadline'
The Government has no plans to extend the slurry deadline past October 15 of this year. This is according to...
N.Ireland
Farmer fined for causing pollution to a waterway
A Co. Antrim farmer has been fined £500 plus an Offender Levy of £15 at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court today. The Carrickfergus...
Environment
Farmers have one week to spread fertiliser before closed period kicks-in
Farmers have one week left to spread chemical fertilisers on their lands before the prohibition application period kicks in. Under...
Environment
Video: Two dogs have lucky escape after they're overcome by slurry fumes
Two dogs on a farm in Northern Ireland had a lucky escape recently, after they were overcome by fumes from...
World News
Farmer has lucky escape after tractor becomes submerged in slurry pit
A farmer had a lucky escape recently after the hydraulics failed in his tractor while he was agitating slurry and...
Rural Life
10 tunes to rock your cab this slurry season
Milder, drier weather is on the way and with it brings slurry and fertiliser spreading. So, in order to help...
Environment
Rainfall levels 250% the norm in parts as farmers battle waterlogged ground
Between waterlogged ground and exceptionally strong winter growth, the weather this winter has been nothing short of a disaster for...
Grass
The day slurry goes from being a nuisance to a huge resource
From February 1 (on farms in Northern Ireland) or January 16 on farms in the Republic of Ireland, slurry goes...
Rural Life
How many of these slurry guidelines do you follow on the farm?
Drowning and gas poisoning are the two major health and safety problems when it comes to slurry. Drowning is the...
Environment
How to plan safe slurry agitating and spreading
The prohibited period when slurry spreading is not allowed on Irish farms will lift in a couple of weeks. Drowning and...
Environment
Separation of slurry helps enhance nitrogen losses, new research finds
The physical separation of pig and cattle slurry into its liquid and solid components will increase the rate of nitrogen...
Dairy
How to grow low potash silage for dry cows
Silage for dry cows is different to that for milking cows, Michael Garvey of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise...
