Hilly
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it’s a good idea ..... in theory but it leaves your summer grazing with no muck , and your cows in the hands of others .Haven't yet but considering, but then I have also got arable land to spread muck on.
it’s a good idea ..... in theory but it leaves your summer grazing with no muck , and your cows in the hands of others .Haven't yet but considering, but then I have also got arable land to spread muck on.
I know. Nothing is straight forward though. My summer grazing gets muck when it's grazed.it’s a good idea ..... in theory but it leaves your summer grazing with no muck , and your cows in the hands of others .
Summer grazing dung dosent do much .I know. Nothing is straight forward though. My summer grazing gets muck when it's grazed.
It does something though. I'm just thinking of the arable farm with no livestock, selling straw and maybe a load of grain to be fed elsewhere which could stay on the farm as muck. I'm also thinking about the grass farm buying in straw and feed making silage all summer with a surplus of muck to go on already pretty healthy soils.Summer grazing dung dosent do much .
The 1st unofficial reports on the review of this rule are starting to filter through and it is not good news. It looks like the EA are not going to play nicely with the farming rules for water. We need to start sending some clear messages back that the whole thing is just ridiculous, I suggest that we start by refusing to accept any more sewage sludge onto farms and tell the suppliers of sludge to come and collect their product that is already stockpiled in fields ready to spread this autumn.
A bit more on this can be found here; Farming Rules for Water - Tried and Tested (nutrientmanagement.org) As far as I can see spreading FYM before an autumn cereal is OK as long as it can be justified on the grounds of the P&K being required and an allowance for the N made in the spring. Autumn slurry is going to take a bit more reading.
So how do I get on one these webinars
I wonder what the context of that comment was? Was it made off the cuff by a specific EA staff member or is it an EA policy position? If the latter then they must have a documented explanation for it.An excerpt from Andrew Watsons bit in the TAG NIAB agronomy update this morning……
The EA also went further and expressed a possible future additional interpretation that all organic manure to land at any time should be banned as it could represent an environmental “risk”.
I do wonder if the EA have been reading too many EU pesticide reports and are confused between the literal meaning of “hazard” and “risk”.
Might become exempt, but you would still be under no obligation to accept it ......Anyone want to give me odds on sludge being exempt? Note recent DEFRA exec appointments being ex waterco.
Nappies for all livestock?An excerpt from Andrew Watsons bit in the TAG NIAB agronomy update this morning……
The EA also went further and expressed a possible future additional interpretation that all organic manure to land at any time should be banned as it could represent an environmental “risk”.
I do wonder if the EA have been reading too many EU pesticide reports and are confused between the literal meaning of “hazard” and “risk”.
Might become exempt, but you would still be under no obligation to accept it ......