Import slurry

Jimbo789

Is the process to be completed on the agfood site for importing slurry a straightforward one?

I’m a sheep and tillage farmer with soil test results completed in the last couple of years for all fields. It would just be on the silage fields that I was considering spreading the slurry.

What would a dairy farmer/piggery charge for the slurry or is it there a chance they would be happy for someone to draw it out for nothing?

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058292735/import-slurry

You have posted in the wrong forum.

Contact a mod and they will move it for you.

Jimbo789

Sorry should be in farming and forestry.

magicbastarder

moved to farming & forestry

Bangoverthebar

No idea on price per 1000 gallon.

High price fertiliser last year has taught livestock farmers the value of their slurry.

I would be slow to give any away as it has such value.

As regulations tighten, buying in p&k will be difficult, further increasing the value of slurry.

manno

I got some recently. It was no cheaper than bag fertiliser I'd say by the time it was spread but I had to pay to have it hauled. If you were near a piggery and could draw it yourself then you would be on a winner.

The process on agfood is easy once you do it once. You should log in there first and check your P & K statements for the last few years to see how much you can comfortably import. The value of cattle slurry is 2.4 Kg of N and 0.5 Kg of P per 220 Gallons of slurry.

roosterman71

Beef farmer here selliing slurry at €70/1000 gallons

Pig farmer giving it away

Both have to be hauled and spread

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120498439#Comment_120498439

If I’m correct Beef slurry can be spread by splash plate while pig slurry can’t

alps

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120498814#Comment_120498814

Depends on where its come from and where it's being spread.

In most instances it will need to be spread with LESS.

roosterman71

All pig slurry has to be LESS since the start of the year

DBK1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120502572#Comment_120502572

Except for tillage ground which can still be applied with a splash plate but has to be incorporated into the soil within 24 hours of spreading.

roosterman71

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120503151#Comment_120503151

Didn't know that. Thanks.

Is the emissions and ammonia loss mainly from the action of spreading more so that leaving it on the ground. Why is it Ok to splash on tillage and not grass?

DBK1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120503175#Comment_120503175

I’ve no idea what the theory is behind it to be honest.

In my mind it doesn’t make sense. I’d have assumed the action of “splashing” the slurry onto the ground would be releasing the emissions into the air immediately.

There’s better educated on the subject than me on here that may be able to shed light on it.

roosterman71

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120503203#Comment_120503203

Your thinking is the same as mine

Say my name

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120503175#Comment_120503175

Lobbying from quarters. Tillage in Ireland remains the most resistant to change of the agri sectors due to the successful lobbying by "representatives" and the open ear of all things plant based that this government and depts have. It's not one Greta would approve of but it's the devil to support the industry.

I see a tv host on a green program who promotes growing your own veg was "put in his place" by a tillage representative for the brazeness of criticizing glyphosate use in Ireland. He did nothing wrong and there's farmers growing food without it's use. But the message was clear if you want us to work with you again. Don't criticize Glyphosate. This is how Ireland is working, especially so under this government. With so called open doors.