Farmers in Zone A (Carlow Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Waterford and Tipperary) can begin spreading slurry and fertiliser from 13 January next week.

Farmers in Zone B (Longford, Louth, Meath, Westmeath Limerick, Kerry, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo) can begin spreading from 16 January.

Farmers in Zone C (Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan) and Northern Ireland will have to wait until 1 February to begin spreading.

All chemical fertilisers, slurry and farmyard manure can be spread from these dates.

Slurry spreading zones

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