There has probably never been a time when having adequate slurry store capacity was more important. Dairy herds are becoming larger, NVZ regulations are curtailing application periods and there’s now ...

FOR slurry collection and storage, typically the options are slatted tanks in passages or slatted tanks across the ends of sheds or outdoor storage, such as outdoor cast-in-situ or precast concrete ...

Farmers in the east of the country hit by significant wet weather in recent weeks have said they are struggling with slurry storage capacity, as they are unable to spread slurry on saturated ground.

Measures to avoid water entering slurry storage tanks were listed by Kilkenny-based Teagasc dairy advisor Nigel Kennington in a recent edition of the Environmental Edge podcast. “Something as simple ...