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Sheep Dip DIsposal
- Thread starter LAMBCHOPS
- Start date
- Location
- Lancashire
Why not dispose on farm , just need license off EA
- Location
- Cheshire
Is the aforementioned licence not horrendously expensive?
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
many years ago, we had to give a map and were told where it could be disposed of (bearing in mind I did not want to contaminate the house well), I can't remember how much it was, if anything, but I remember having to get a license.
- Location
- Lancashire
Pay 273 to spread mine, but i suppose it will go off the volume
- Location
- Lancashire
Same here
livestock 1
Member
They changed the charge for the volume a few years ago. The threshold was lowered as far as the volume of spent dip went. I think it went to near £900 per year but even at the £273 rate you can still dispose of a fair amount of spent dip
So it's 273 pound a head in England would wales be the same? Still looking at disposing off farm if anybody has done so?????
livestock 1
Member
It’s 273 per licence or ring for someone to take it away if you like
The sheep dipper man
Member
- Location
- north east
EA havee changed it the cost of a new licence in England is around £2800 and £900 a year to keep it now.
- Location
- Cheshire
That's what I was thinking. I know our renewel shot up and made my eyes water!
The sheep dipper man
Member
- Location
- north east
All of mine goes to a chemical treatment company
The sheep dipper man
Member
- Location
- north east
Ridiculous the amount they charge now !
livestock 1
Member
That’s wrong. I’ve got 3 dippers 3 licences nearer £900 for all three.
livestock 1
Member
When I originally applied for them I put down the maximum amount of disposable dip allowed in cubic m. A few years ago they sent me a bill for around £2700/£2800. The charges had gone up. I had to pay it then reduce my cubic m on each license to get it back to the usual charge. Then claim the other money back.
Would they be Debra approved and of local authority approved??
- Location
- Cheshire
The way they seem to alter the charges on a whim I've been looking at our dipper set up. It's ready for a revamp to make life easy again. I'm quite seriously thinking about giving up my disposal licence and just having a mobile dipper come. Once at weaning, do all my ewes and homebred lambs then. Then the bought in stock wait until there are 5/600 on the quarantine block and have the mobile man again. Save the mither of dip disposal, having to order dip, handling it myself (we have an Animax pump but I still don't like the stuff) it's one less thing I have too maul sheep about for too!!
But it's just so godamn handy being able too dip 150 whenever I want!!
But it's just so godamn handy being able too dip 150 whenever I want!!
livestock 1
Member
Nothing beats dipping. They do better after they’ve been done. Most folks are on with injectables round about.
- Location
- Cheshire
I've
never been convinced as too the efficiency of the injectables. Fully agree that nothing beats dipping. But the way I get dip flu for a few hours within 2 days of every dip really is starting too put me off. Think it's the fumes that do it as much as anything. It's an outdoor tank in what is probably the most windswept corner of the yard so I don't know how it gets me but it does!!
The sheep dipper man
Member
- Location
- north east