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Spreading Slurry

  • 17-03-2012 5:43pm
    #1
    amber2
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    Quick question just wondering if you can cross contaminate farm lands with slurry. That is slurry which came from cattle on one farm maybe 5/6 miles away with grass land on a completely different farm which does not have any cattle at all grazing on but rented by the same farmer. Thanks


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  • #2
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    yes you can. interesting use of the words "cross contaminate", spreading slurry on land certainly doesnt contaminate it. But sure, its a pitty the smell you may have to tolerate:rolleyes:


  • #3
    blue5000
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    amber2 wrote: »
    Quick question just wondering if you can cross contaminate farm lands with slurry. That is slurry which came from cattle on one farm maybe 5/6 miles away with grass land on a completely different farm which does not have any cattle at all grazing on but rented by the same farmer. Thanks

    If the same farmer is renting land where slurry is being spread it is all one holding. What exactly are you asking about OP?

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #4
    amber2
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    No not the same holding owned by two completely different land owners but rented by the one farmer - not any cattle held on one farm but are held on the other one about 5/6 miles away. Dont mind the smell at all - good country smell never killed anyone.

    Just the field is like a swimming pool outside my house spreading slurry on it for 3 days on the trot. Another land owner down the road told me that they cant bring slurry from animals fed on one farm to another. Just wondered is this info right.


  • #5
    st1979
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    Your info is not right. One farmer is allowed to import slurry from another farmer. And it actually would be good practice if the field you are beside has no cattle on it all year it would be losing nutrients (from continual silage hay or crops being taken off) so they would be replacing some by spreading slurry from an overstocked farm on to an understocked farm


  • #6
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    amber2 wrote: »
    Just the field is like a swimming pool outside my house spreading slurry on it for 3 days on the trot.

    HE is probably applying high rates in anticipation of growing a crop with a high demand for nutrients ie Maize/beet
    amber2 wrote: »
    Another land owner down the road told me that they cant bring slurry from animals fed on one farm to another. Just wondered is this info right.

    No this info is completely false. He is also allowed bring slurry from other farmers yards aslong as all the paperwork is up to scratch and is complying with the nitrates regulations


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