Farmers warned not to rely on slurry alarm

Over-reliance on a widely used farm safety device has been warned against by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

The Minister revealed he has spoken at length to Teagasc about slurry gas meters and alarms, and said there are many in Teagasc’s advisory service or among those who deal with farm safety who would say that although these are interesting pieces of technology, they can sometimes be more damaging than beneficial.

“When one has an alarm, one assumes that if it is not going off, everything is safe.