Spreading rules must bow to weather

ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock wants the Department of Agriculture to adopt a more common sense approach to slurry spreading dates.

He said: “Calendar farming restrictions for slurry spreading are proving unworkable, unrealistic and frustrating for farmers.”

Farmers in Zone A were to commence spreading from last Friday, with farmers in Zones B and C permitted to commence after January 15 and January 31.