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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Carla Lockhart MP is urging farmers to prioritise their health and stay safe around slurry following a ‘near miss’ incident with slurry gas in recent days. The incident occurred near Larne in Co. Antrim and involved two men, one aged in his 30s...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland BKT has just unveiled its latest tyre aimed at the agricultural equipment market, which it has dubbed the ‘Powertrailer SR 331’. When it comes to tyre choice for tankers, the emphasis has usually been on field performance and the avoidance of soil...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland Two men were taken to hospital for treatment following an incident involving slurry gas on a farm in Co. Antrim in recent days. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and emergency services, including members of the Northern Ireland Fire and...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Securing optimal levels of carbon reduction within a robotic milking enterprise was the focus of a recent farm walk. The event was hosted by William and Alan McConnell from Drumgaw in Co. Armagh, in association with the College of Agriculture, Food...

Sprayed T1 on my wheat and it has scorched like hell mainly older leaf’s .Overlaps look terrible vimoy + Kestrel + 1ltr ccc + 0.15 moddus mix any ideas? So dis heartening and depressing when you see it 🤦🏻‍♂️

Wondering what product is best for washing our slurry tanker? Can’t really use a pressure washer as paint tends to come off, even when taking great care of not going too close. thanks

hi putting some urea on this week in afew days granules will have dissolved , think it is ok to put slurry on then , heard some people say to wait 7/10 days, surely if urea has dissapearded . thanks

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland 50% of Northern Irish dairy farms inspected were found to be non-compliant with environment regulations aimed at preventing river pollution. The 339 dairy farms were inspected by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)...

Hi all, this year I've decided no more fert.....for now. Got fed up with fert and spray market profiteering and making sure even if we got a huge lift in price for any produce we were only allowed to make the same money as they'd take it all back the next season. Didn't help not having the space...

I could have A right moan on about how hard things are here currently but that won’t change anything and there are plenty of farmers of what ever guise having just or much worse time of it. so my question is this. We are constantly told we need to build resilience into our businesses.to you...

Hi. With all the rain and wet ground we are thinking of using the small tanker which has twin wheels and duals on tractor. If we had a nurse tank how could i handle the slurry that is in the pipe when the tanker is full. the slurry wont run back into the tank from the pipe as it is above ground

Does anyone think we need cloud cover as like a kind of insulation?

I received an email the other day promoting Andersons Seminars as there's now an online one apparently. Has anyone on here attended these Seminars in the past? If so, what are your thoughts on their value for money? https://theandersonscentre.co.uk/shop/andersons-2024-seminar-online-version/

We are looking for a contractor to fit a slurry channel, robot sumps, cubicles etc in Warwickshire. There is a 2' fall across 39m of buildings span so it's beyond us, will we need weirs etc ? Recommendations please TIA

It’s been a hell of a wet time. We have some seriously slumped soils. What are people planning to do to alleviate the damage? Leave it to natural processes? Deep rooted cover crop? Deeper loosening tine? Plough? A lot will depend on the weather this summer but just wondered what general...

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So I've just checked my silage ground and I'm not sure what to do... It's probably just below welly boot height It's had no fertiliser or slurry yet Options that I can see: Option A: Cut this week, get slurry and fertiliser on and have a big cut at the end of may? Yes I'll only get 3ish...

What kind of pump do people use for dirty water. I want to pump out yard water which has silage in too, not loads but enough to get in the filter of a petrol 2 inch pump. I'm hoping to fit a length pipe and pump it out to drain away, so high pressure could be handy. It also could be used to...

I've recently got a new bunning rear discharge muck spreader. I'm going to be spreading a couple of fields at a time with chicken muck and then ploughing it down so spreading will be stop start. Chicken muck is very acidic....or maybe is it alkaline? Anyway I want to keep the paint and spreader...

Heaps of manure in pens cows laid in /on it. sh!t everywhere. Is this normal practice??