Cheapest way to store slurry?

[Henarar]

The trouble with grants - we all know - is that they bump up the cost by having to have expensive drawings and over doing the design, then they cost more as the manufacturers see the grant and see you coming.

Having said that; when we went all through this with the dirty water job 30 years ago, having the ADAS chap come in and make a few suggestions about how to organise things was extremely useful.

Following this I built a circular tank as a reception pit, in the ground, 15 feet diameter and 12 feet deep out of 6 inch hollow blocks - 'as long as you make sure the vertical joints are filled correctly it will last' - no reinforcing, back filled the outside as I built it. They were right, it is still fine.

Although the forum is packed full of good advice, as @Penmoel says, we need to visit to appreciate the situation fully, maybe a visiting paid adviser might be worth it.

I haven't got time to get over there this year, or probably next.

Not found this with the grants for covering the yards that we got I don't think it put the price up at all. No drawings and no bother just an ordinary shed over the yard and they paid 50% but the grants are better than that now

 

[Poorbuthappy]

I got a 150k gallon lagoon dug , with planning etc for 2 grand.

Details please

 

[thesilentone]

http://www.wiefferink.nl/en/ecobag/

 

[pappuller]

Not found this with the grants for covering the yards that we got I don't think it put the price up at all. No drawings and no bother just an ordinary shed over the yard and they paid 50% but the grants aren't better than that now

Catchment sensitive grant ?

 

[Henarar]

Catchment sensitive grant ?

Yea

 

[wasted years]

Details please

Got planning, got soil tested at local lab,dug some trial holes and hit clay at approx 3m, got 360 (12 ton) and he dug it in about 3 days off and on.
Put soil behind himself on each side and used excess as banking.
The impression I got on the soil front was that as long as it isn't sand, which our topsoil is, then it will pass as good for the lagoon.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I get what you're saying and of course it makes sense. Just not sure I could make it work here without having to sacrifice a lot of Spring grazing. This place is pretty steep and I'm afraid most winters are so wet that the soil would turn to soup and simply run off the side of the hill never to be seen again. Plus of course by not having slurry we would need to buy s lot more bagged ferts to be able to produce enough silage for the cattle.

@Brisel I also get your point about not producing as much liquid. Two ways of doing this: use deep bedded loose housing (2nd quality straw currently £120+ per ton) or keep the rain water out by roofing the yards and slurry pit. The problem with the latter is of course that the slurry becomes difficult to spread. It's neither slurry nor muck and like I said, an umbilical can go places a tanker or muck spreader can't.

We have had the contractor ask us to put more water in the slurry, so it can be injected, took the gutter off the shed

 

[Speedstar]

What ever you do get planning permission for it & then you are right.

 

[Speedstar]

When working it all out take in to account the saving you will make on not buying bagged fert & by putting you slurry on at the right time of year, we have some people that have cut there fert bill by 50% by using there slurry better & by putting it on at the correct rate & the correct way , no splash plate's

 

[Chippy]

Anyone have experience with slurry bags and digestate? I’ve been told it doesn’t work well because hard to stir. I’m after a quick and cheap slurry store for my digestate ideally around 300,000 gallon and this latest grant only covers bags

 

[The Son]

Not personally, but the guy that does my umbilical spreading has experience, he said don't touch with bargepole.

 

[Will Blackburn]

All the temporary solutions cost as much or more than long term in terms of £ per m3. If you long term store is twice as big as your short term arrangement.

 

[pappuller]

Anyone have experience with slurry bags and digestate? I’ve been told it doesn’t work well because hard to stir. I’m after a quick and cheap slurry store for my digestate ideally around 300,000 gallon and this latest grant only covers bags

Davies & parry in wales. Mickmoor on here.

 

[thesilentone]

The slurry bags can also double up as a gas store, however agitation needs planned.

If you want to cut costs, you need to compromise.

 

[Ludan]

Hi, I am considering digging a lagoon out in a heavy clay headland alongside an access track for the purpose of storing pas110 digestate through the winter so we can use on the crops in spring. This will be beneficial to us for the money saving on bagged fert, which would fund the lagoon’s construction.
Being next to a footpath I want to do things properly, so what do I need to do planning wise? I have been told there’s permitted development rights now and I just need to submit a notice? Is this correct? Any size or specification restrictions? I am thinking just clay lined as there’s a good source at the location. Any advice much appreciated. Located in Shropshire. Thanks

 

[Brisel]

You need to contact the Environment Agency

Read this too: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-silage-slurry-and-agricultural-fuel-oil

 

[thesilentone]

If you want to do a belt and braces job, then include a cover this will help maintain the N and avoid odours. the lagoon will most likely need to be lined and be security fenced.

As it is to facilitate the AD Plant, there are different regulations to farm slurry.