woodylane
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- Lancashire
Yes
Slurry Storage
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woodylane
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- Lancashire
Slurry gives off ammonia when it comes into contact with the air, the roofs minimise the volatilisation so it is retained in the slurry, it also stops rain water getting in
Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
Have 7000m3 of earth banked slurry storage here, should I want to I could hold slurry and rainfall for 9 months, at a guess i think it would cost us 300k+ to have a covered store with separator and muck store for the separate none of which would save any money or add value, surely we all just need to say no!
- Location
- Yorkshire dales
Apparently thats what they do in Holland. Chopped straw
frederick
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- south west
Covering slurry stores is nothing to do with climate change and methane.
It is to prevent ammonia emissions that combine with other particles. This then Kills people.
Below is I know a guardian article but the science is the same science as the govt is working from. This air pollution will be stopped.
It is to prevent ammonia emissions that combine with other particles. This then Kills people.
Below is I know a guardian article but the science is the same science as the govt is working from. This air pollution will be stopped.
Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
they will be asking us to stop livestock crapping/peeing in fields next!
seems mad all this going on when there are billionaires using up worlds resources and causing levels of pollution equal to a small country just to say they have been to space.
Speedstar
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- Scottish Borders
Do not do that they do not float & are a night mare , we have a man that put these in his lagoon
frederick
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- south west
No crapping and peeing in fields is good. The mixing of sh!t and urine creates the ammonia. In the field the urine soaks straight in and never mixes with the sh!t.
We will however have cow housing in the future that tries to keep the sh!t and urine separate.
The way it’s going it may be easier to cover the whole farm with a poly tunnel so the cows can graze all year round, on the other hand farming in Chile, where the climate allows this, looks more appealing.
buffalo_soldier
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- cumbria
Why a you all using m3 as your size reference?
I've got fed up converting it to gallons so I can understand how big you're talking
I've got fed up converting it to gallons so I can understand how big you're talking
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
when the umbilical contractor came to spread slurry, he wanted us to get more rainwater in so it was liquid enough to spread, so what is the answer? Ban splash plates, so contractor is used with an injector, roof store to keep rainwater out, divert gutters into store to make the slurry more fluid so it spreads with the umbilical system. Don't use a contractor to spread slurry (due to the chances of spreading TB as well as other diseases), advice from the Vet during a TB breakdown visit, however small farm with small suckler herd so can't afford a tanker with injector so have to use a contractor then!
woodylane
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- Lancashire
Why a you all using m3 as your size reference?
I've got fed up converting it to gallons so I can understand how big you're talking
sorry, roughly 625000 gallon
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Why a you all using m3 as your size reference?
I've got fed up converting it to gallons so I can understand how big you're talking
sorry, 1,981,275 gallons.
- Location
- Yorkshire dales
75m3/ha = 6750 galls/acre.... 50m3/ha= 4500galls/acre... 22m3/ha= 200galls/acre
The Son
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- Herefordshire
Just do what you have always, done.
As far as I can see there are no rules at the moment, and rather than trying to second guess, what the feckless individuals at DEFRA, RPA, EA will come up with next just carry on as normal.
(This advice has no legal basis, but I am just so fed up with the constant barrage of rules and advice from so called experts)
michael N123
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you could probably save 190000 by hiring a big digger and making a lagoon
Chips
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- Location
- Shropshire
There is actually no science to prove PM 2.5 from ammonia causes any harm to humans only a presumption because PM 2.5 from combustion does so it could all be for no benefit what so ever .
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I have seen a website for floating covers of hexagon shaped bits of rubber, I have no idea at all if they work or are a good idea?
frederick
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- Location
- south west
Have I misunderstood but isn't the main problem that ammonia joins withe particles from combustion and creates the pm 2.5
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
Yeah, kind of grates that particles from combustion get a free run, but that’s the issue.