Online pig manure broker developed

An online pig manure brokering tool has been developed to facilitate communication between pig farmers and grassland and tillage farmers.

Farmers at the recent Teagasc pig research dissemination days were told pig farmers using the system can search for a farmer to take slurry, based on factors such as distance, the amount of manure required, and whether the farmer has storage for pig manure.

The Nitrates Directive has left many farms that previously took pig manure at full capacity. And phasing out of transitional Nitrates Directive arrangements by 2017 will mean even more additional land must be sourced for spreading pig manure.