Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is urging farmers to ensure they are storing their silage, slurry and diesel appropriately following three major pollution incidents in south-west Wales. In the past two ...

Teagasc has unveiled a major study on the viability of using grass and animal waste as a feedstock for biomethane production ...

The latest in our Contractor’s Yard series is father and son team, David and John Scobbie, based at Shannockhill, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. David established the agricultural contracting ...

MANY farmers face business-changing or business-damaging costs from proposed changes to slurry and silage regulations. That was the message that rung out from the 120 farmers who tuned in to discuss ...

Silage making time is a high risk time, due to the movement of machinery, persons and grass loads. However safety risks can be minimised by good planning and active consultation between farmers and ...

Farmers taking first-cut silage could be at a high risk of slurry contamination and poor fermentation of grass crops this year, with the exceptionally wet weather shortening the window between slurry ...

Dairy research indicates that farms, where the first cut is not taken by the June bank holiday are much more likely to run short of silage in a difficult year. The value of slurry has essentially ...

Following months of heavy rainfall across the county, Severn Trent is asking farmers to check stores are operating as expected with no signs of leaks, to prevent slurry from reaching local ...

Care is needed when handling slurry. Cattle slurry is a mixture of solids, liquids and gases, which can be lethal. These gases are generated continuously in the slurry and when the slurry is agitated ...

DOONBEG farmers have been asked not to cut silage or spread slurry during US President Donald Trump's visit to Clare today. Trump lands in Shannon Airport at around 4.30pm this afternoon and will meet ...

Guidance has been issued to farmers on how to store slurry Farmers have been urged to store their silage, slurry and diesel appropriately following three major pollution incidents in Wales. Officers ...

Fertilising for first-cut silage crops is just around the corner. First-cut silage is generally the cheapest forage to make provided of course you get the yield right. Silage is not a cheap crop to ...