Slurry spreading season opens this weekend
Timoleague-based dairy farmer Pa Harte spreads slurry on a grazing field with a New Holland T6080 tractor and Cross dribble bar spreader last August. Picture: Andy Gibson
The closed period for spreading organic manures will end for farmers in 'zone A' this weekend.
The country is divided into zones, with rules for each zone about minimum storage capacity and the prohibited spreading periods — the times when farmers are not allowed to spread organic and chemical (nitrogen and phosphorus) fertilisers — set out.
