Over half of the 75 tillage farmers surveyed said that if a 70% slurry storage grant was available they would you avail of it and take in slurry from other farmers.
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Over half of the 75 tillage farmers surveyed by the Irish Farmers Journal have said that if a 70% slurry storage grant was available they would avail of it and take in slurry from other farmers.
Some 55% of tillage farmers surveyed said they would be interested in such funding while 45% had no interest at all in slurry storage.
Meanwhile, the survey also asked farmers about forage crops - 73% said that they don’t plan to grow a forage crop for a livestock farmer this year.
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However, 23% said that they do plan to - 90% of whom said that they have planted forage crops for livestock farmers before.
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Over half of the 75 tillage farmers surveyed by the Irish Farmers Journal have said that if a 70% slurry storage grant was available they would avail of it and take in slurry from other farmers.
Some 55% of tillage farmers surveyed said they would be interested in such funding while 45% had no interest at all in slurry storage.
Meanwhile, the survey also asked farmers about forage crops - 73% said that they don’t plan to grow a forage crop for a livestock farmer this year.
However, 23% said that they do plan to - 90% of whom said that they have planted forage crops for livestock farmers before.
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