Autumn manure banned

[teslacoils]

If they do everyone should reject it and put some pressure on that way

No, the better way is ringing up the Guardian and saying "well, it's one rule for us farmers trying to increase om, and another for these water companies who keep getting huge fines" and let them run with it.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

can’t spread muck in September to plough down before Christmas for spuds then?

 

[Werzle]

Growers to be hit by restrictions on autumn manure spreading - Farmers Weekly

Rules aimed at tackling river pollution in England could see arable farmers barred from spreading livestock manures and digestate this autumn, as the

www.fwi.co.uk

Penalties are unlikely to come into force immediately, however. Instead, the EA is set to publish a statement on 2 August that will provide more information on the management of organic materials this autumn and is expected to offer farmers a one-year grace period, to allow them time to adjust to the rules.

yet the SFI wants us to increase organic manure applications to raise soil OM

If they banned it this autumn it would cause more pollution than allowing it to be spread because we would be going into winter with muck stores already full. f**king rules they dream up! I wonder if we can use the EA carpark as muck store for this winter to help out.

 

[AndrewM]

normally plough fym down after temporay silage grass leys, before next cereal crop. guessing i could put fym on to the grass after 2nd cut, then spray off later. would be applying to a growing crop then.

 

[Barleymow]

On heavy land growing winter wheat,borland beans how the he'll will we manage ,can't spread it in will destroy what's there with the mess caused by spreading it

 

[teslacoils]

Fair bit will go on ahead of "failed" osr.

 

[glasshouse]

I wonder what will happen to all the digestate produced between July and January that was once applied right through the autumn

Everyone is to dig a hole down the bottom of the garden

 

[Mixedupfarmer]

Fair bit will go on ahead of "failed" osr.

Or stubble turnips, which fail to establish well enough, so are replaced with a winter cereal.

 

[principal skinner]

Fair bit will go on ahead of "failed" osr.

Replaced with winter beans after a three year ley…………

 

[Against_the_grain]

This proposed Autumn muck ban is absolutely mental

 

[Wombat]

So who was involved in this from the farming side or was it the Ahdb helping us out again

 

[Grass And Grain]

What do they expect heavy land farmers, 100% autumn sown crops, to do with their FYM. Normally too wet to travel on growing crop in spring.

Thought they were keen to see FYM immediately cultivated in, to reduce ammonia emissions.

Mind boggles.

 

[Mixedupfarmer]

What do they expect heavy land farmers, 100% autumn sown crops, to do with their FYM. Normally too wet to travel on growing crop in spring.

Thought they were keen to see FYM immediately cultivated in, to reduce ammonia emissions.

Mind boggles.

Probably stop keeping livestock

 

[Rob Holmes]

Is AHDB Cereals having a vote soon for their future? Like what happens to AHDB Potatoes?

 

[FarmerBruce]

This is the type of idiotic policy where we should all stick together, stick two fingers up at them and all carry on doing what we do. It’s just total utter nonsense

 

[JCfarmer]

If they banned it this autumn it would cause more pollution than allowing it to be spread because we would be going into winter with muck stores already full. fudgeing rules they dream up! I wonder if we can use the EA carpark as muck store for this winter to help out.

Nah the EA carpark floods regularly besides the carpark is already full of shitts

 

[e3120]

So grass justifies an autumn application? I might just experiment with under sowing winter cereals. Probably best to keep the seed rate super low to avoid competition and hope I don't accidentally dollop on a pre-em.

 

[l'ordinary bonville]

Just feel like the job is getting ridiculous now

All the fudging rules and threats. Input costs ever increasing. Pigs getting rolled because not enough labour to process them. Not enough labour on farm

Maybe it’s time we all retired.

How soon before shops get looted and rioting over shortages

 

[Brisel]

Will the water companies get an exemption for digested sewage sludge????

If anyone can, they will. They have deep enough pockets to fund the best advisors and lobbyists.

 

[ajd132]

If anyone can, they will. They have deep enough pockets to fund the best advisors and lobbyists.

100% they will find a loophole and still charge an astronomical fee for it. Chicken manure will end up getting burnt in power stations to then give us half arsed fibrophos type stuff. Where are the nfu in this I Havnt heard a peep from them?