Environment
How much are contractors charging for slurry spreading?
Slurry tanks around the country are reaching capacity and agricultural contractors are gearing up for a busy spell. This comes...
Slurry
N.Ireland
Slurry petition calls for end to 'calendar farming craziness'
Approximately 2,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the slurry ban to be scrapped in Northern Ireland. The...
N.Ireland
Managing slurry nutrients: Are you making the most of the brown stuff?
The amount of livestock manure applied in the UK each year would fill all the lanes of the M1, plus...
N.Ireland
Online manure export forms expected to reduce BPS penalties 'vastly'
Northern Ireland farmers will be asked to fill out manure exports online in the new year – but it’s expected...
Machinery
Heavy-duty, front-mounted filler boosts slurry throughput
Danish manufacturer Samson Agro will unveil a tractor-mounted filling arm – for slurry tankers – at Agritechnica. It will be...
N.Ireland
Two farmers hospitalised just hours before slurry ban deadline
Two Co. Tyrone farmers have been hospitalised, and three animals have died, in a slurry accident just hours before this...
N.Ireland
Two farmers hospitalised just hours before slurry ban deadline
Two Co. Tyrone farmers have been hospitalised, and three animals have died, in a slurry accident just hours before this...
N.Ireland
33 firefighters endeavour to rescue cattle which fell into a slurry tank
33 firefighters were called in to rescue a number of cattle which fell into a slurry tank in Northern Ireland...
N.Ireland
33 firefighters endeavour to rescue cattle which fell into a slurry tank
33 firefighters were called in to rescue a number of cattle which fell into a slurry tank in Northern Ireland...
Machinery
Hooking up a slurry 'road-train': When one tanker just isn't enough
What can you do if you just can’t fit enough in your slurry tanker; hook another onto the rear? That’s what...
Rural Life
Pics: Tractor cab destroyed in slurry tanker mishap
This poor tractor driver in Wales was left soaked after a sight glass broke on the front of a slurry tanker,...
Machinery
Will this unconventional slurry spreading system escape proposed splash-plate ban?
At the moment, there is a growing fear among farmers that steps could be taken to ban traditional splash-plate slurry...
Grass
What is the going price for slurry spreading?
There is a wide range of prices currently being quoted by agricultural contractors around the country to get slurry spread. Quotes...
Machinery
Pics: Dark 'Kat' spotted on the prowl in the south-east
Waterford-based agricultural contractor Patsy Nugent has taken delivery of a new flagship 2500-gallon SlurryKat tanker, complete with a 9m dribble...
Machinery
Video: Vredo creates 'world's most powerful' slurry rig
Dutch machinery manufacturer Vredo has developed what it says is the world’s largest and most powerful self-propelled slurry machine – the...
Machinery
Video: 3-wheeled, self-propelled slurry tanker is now a familiar sight in Co. Galway
A familiar sight around Bullaun near Loughrea, Co. Galway is Doyle Agri’s Hydro-Trike – a 3-wheeled self-propelled slurry tanker, complete with an...
Environment
Farmer fined for polluting waterway with slurry
A Co. Armagh farmer has been fined £500 (€575) for polluting a waterway with slurry at Newry Magistrates Court recently. Sean Magill,...
Machinery
Word 'spreads' about Moscha's slurry Swivel Spout
Castleagri is owned by Dermot Tobin, who has been a farmer in Ireland for the past 30 years. He is...
