FYM spreading in Wales??

[markpentre]

What are the rules now for spreading straw based FYM in wales?? Are there certain dates to abide by?? We mormally spread what we scrape out through winter on a upland farm not near any rivers or streams.. Can this be done this winter??

 

[neilo]

What are the rules now for spreading straw based FYM in wales?? Are there certain dates to abide by?? We mormally spread what we scrape out through winter on a upland farm not near any rivers or streams.. Can this be done this winter??

I'm pretty sure that 'what you scrape out' is classified as slurry, which will be under different rules to FYM. Gets to be a bit of a grey area when you push that material onto a pile of strawy stuff I suppose....

Guidance is here, with what is going to be phased in and when:

https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2021-01/the-water-resources-control-of-agricultural-pollution-wales-regulations-2021.pdf

 

[markpentre]

ill re phrase the scrape out to clean out once a week with muck grab as it has so much straw in it!

 

[milkloss]

If it stacks it’s fym