70% reduction in spring barley fertiliser costs possible with pig slurry

Along with providing financial savings, other benefits of using pig slurry in a tillage rotation include adding valuable organic matter to the soil, along with reducing the farm’s vulnerability to fluctuations in the cost of imported fertilisers

A valuable source of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and other trace elements, 1,000 gallons of good quality pig slurry is the equivalent of a 50kg bag of 19-7-20 and, at February’s fertiliser prices, that makes it worth the equivalent of €33/1,000 gallons. File picture: Andy Gibson

Tillage farmers looking to reduce costs this spring should give serious consideration to including pig slurry in the fertiliser programmes for their crops.

A valuable source of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and other trace elements, 1,000 gallons of good quality pig slurry is the equivalent of a 50kg bag of 19-7-20 and, at February’s fertiliser prices, that makes it worth the equivalent of €33/1,000 gallons.