Slurry rules change at the county boundaries

A CO Kerry farmer will need a slurry tank 342 mm deeper than a neighbour across the county boundary in Limerick, according to ICMSA Farm Services and Environment Committee Chairman Conor Creedon.

He has claimed that exaggerated rainfall figures in the Nitrates Regulations will end up costing farmers thousands of euro.

“The farmers who will be most affected are those who have large collecting yards with slurry and dirty water flowing into the slurry tank and farmers with open slurry tanks.”