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 ...

These systems work by shining a beam of broad-spectrum near-infrared light at the silage, slurry or grain the operator wishes to analyse. Depending on the make-up of the sample, different amounts of ...

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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 ...

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 ...

A farmer responsible for a huge leak of silage that turned a brook black and killed dozens of fish has been ordered to pay £15,585 for breaking environment laws. Roger Hobill runs Grange Farm in Welby ...

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 ...

Roger Parry & Partners are warning farmers to be aware of Natural Resources Wales’ requirement to notify them when constructing or reconstructing a silage or slurry store. Did you know with a Plus ...

These gases are generated continuously in the slurry and when the slurry is agitated the gases are released very quickly. If silage effluent has been mixed with the slurry there usually is much more ...

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 ...

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 ...