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Getting to grips with fertiliser allowances
Darren Carty
The permitted levels of chemical nitrogen and phosphorus farmers can apply will be influenced by many factors, including farm stocking rate and soil sample analysis.
5 February 2025 Fertilizers
Know your fertiliser allowances for 2025
Mark Plunkett, Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, and PJ Browne, Grassland Agro says farmers should prepare a fertiliser plan to know their allowances.
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Farmers reminded of responsible slurry management
As the slurry spreading season opens on 1 February, farmers are being urged to use fertiliser in a responsible manner.
Fertiliser cut for lower stocked farms could worsen fodder shortages - Teagasc
A fertiliser cut for lower stocked farms is one of a series of additional measures put forward by the Department under its interim review of the fifth Nitrates Action Programme.
27 January 2025 News
Deadline of 14 January to accept organic manure movements
Movements of organic manures in 2024 must be verified by the importer by 14 January 2025 or else the movement will not be accepted.
8 January 2025 Schemes
Farmers reminded of nitrates and grazing record deadlines
The deadlines for submitting dairy cow bands and the declaration of slurry movements is also 31 December 2024.
23 December 2024 Schemes
Figures don’t add up for TAMS NISS
Martin Merrick details some of the key aspects of the latest TAMS III scheme, targeted at slurry storage for imported nutrients, and also does the sums on the value of importing slurry.
28 August 2024 Buildings
Tillage Management: harvest, slurry and planting
It’s a busy time on tillage farms between harvesting, cultivations and planting, along with record keeping.
21 August 2024 Husbandry
Nutrient testing of pig slurry crucial
Slurry testing is crucial to determine what nutrients are being taken on to farms.
26 June 2024 News