Dairy Technical
Using slurry to offset 170% increase in fertiliser prices
Slurry season is fast approaching on farms, with the official start day of tomorrow, Thursday, January 13. Ahead of this...
Dairy Technical
Slurry season is fast approaching on farms, with the official start day of tomorrow, Thursday, January 13. Ahead of this...
Dairy Technical
Slurry, no longer considered a waste product of production, is considered a valuable source of fertiliser on farms. It is...
Dairy Technical
Ground conditions for the most part are reasonable, and the good weather is expected to hold for a few days...
Environment
Despite decreasing in 2019, Irish ammonia emissions are still non-compliant with the EU ceiling, according to the Environmental Protection Agency...
Dairy
To get the best response to nitrogen (N) in spring, the soil temperature needs to be 5°C and rising (at...
Beef
Teagasc has launched a digital tool aimed at assisting farmers in applying slurry using low-emission slurry spreading (LESS) equipment. The...
Dairy
For a long number of years, many farms will have spread their slurry using a tanker and splash-plate. This was...
Agri Politics
While incentives to encourage the take-up of Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) equipment are already available to farmers under the...
Machinery
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine must change its stance when it comes to agricultural contractors not being...
Environment
A target has been set for 90% of slurry to be applied by Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) technology on Irish...
Environment
€23.2 million has been paid out in grant-aid from the Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) equipment scheme under the Targeted Agricultural...
CAP / Schemes
Over €11.5 million has been paid out in grant-aid from the Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) Equipment Scheme under TAMS II....
CAP / Schemes
Farmers have just one week to return their completed low emission slurry spreading (LESS) forms as part of their GLAS...
Environment
Farmers who fail to complete their annual declaration and claim form under the GLAS Low-Emission Slurry Spreading action may result...
CAP / Schemes
There have been in excess of 450 applications to date to the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme, according to the...