Ammonia released into the environment is a major problem. Agriculture is considered the most prolific polluter—it is responsible for 95 percent of these emissions in Germany. The colorless, acrid gas ...

With the Welsh government proposing to introduce its Agricultural Pollution Measures regulations across Wales farmers will need to review their slurry storage and weigh up options to tackle any ...

Farmers can reduce the risk of run-off and soil damage during slurry spreading by limiting the use of heavy machinery. Unprecedented rainfall in November, December and January has hindered both the ...

Livestock farming produces large quantities of greenhouse gases, especially methane, which is particularly harmful to the climate. Among other things, it escapes during the storage of animal excrement ...

River water quality has fallen sharply because farmers are forced to spread slurry between set dates and not when it is safest to do so, the Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland ...

20pc more slurry storage is needed on dairy farms to help meet water quality targets, and this additional requirement is likely to be incorporated into the next Nitrates Action Programme post-2025.

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Latest data from the 2020 agricultural census on manure storage Storage facilities for solid dung were the most common form of storage in almost all EU countries in 2020. The exceptions were in ...

The slurry flowed across two fields and down the hillside into a wooded area A farmer contaminated water supplies and polluted a stream when a slurry store he built collapsed, a court has heard. Derek ...

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Northern Ireland farmers have said they are under big pressure over slurry storage this year due to persistent wet weather since the summer. A ban on slurry spreading came into effect at the weekend ...