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How to calculate your soiled water storage requirements

Martin Merrick outlines some of the key figures and dates that farmers should be mindful of when it comes to soiled water storage as well as how to calculate your requirements.

FARM BUILDINGS 7 June 2026

How to calculate your soiled water storage requirements

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Dempsey at Large: the sewage options

Dempsey at Large: the sewage options

VIEWPOINTS 3 June 2026

New Joskin dealer for Munster

New Joskin dealer for Munster

NEWS 13 May 2026

Martin Equipment to exhibit full slurry range

Martin Equipment to exhibit full slurry range

Martin Equipment to exhibit full slurry range

FARM MACHINERY 26 April 2026

Warning for spoiled silage after wet spring

Warning for spoiled silage after wet spring

Warning for spoiled silage after wet spring

NORTHERN IRELAND 15 April 2026

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Longford contractor praises simplistic ‘no-chains’ Marshall dung spreader

Longford contractor praises simplistic ‘no-chains’ Marshall dung spreader

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Longford farmer and agricultural contractor George Allen, to find out how his Marshall rear-discharge dung spreader is working, three years after he bought it.

FARM MACHINERY 11 February 2026

Muir rules out changing slurry closed period

Muir rules out changing slurry closed period

Calls for slurry spreading rules to be reviewed have reemerged this year following a dry spell of weather during last winter’s closed period.

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 February 2026

Urea v compound - do you know how to set your spreader accurately?

Urea v compound - do you know how to set your spreader accurately?

Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary Abbott outline the importance of understanding characteristics of different fertilisers and adjusting the spreader to suit each one.

FARM MACHINERY 11 February 2026

Third-generation contracting in the Rebel county

Third-generation contracting in the Rebel county

Gary Abbott spoke with third-generation Cork contractor, Alan Ross from AG Ross Agri, who provides an insight into running a busy contracting business as well as the challenges and opportunities.

CONTRACTING 11 February 2026

Weekend weather gave respite to farmers

Weekend weather gave respite to farmers

A few drier days allowed slurry to be spread on farms across the south and east, but slurry pressures remain with tanks close to full in most yards.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Farmers are pessimistic about TB eradication progress - study

Farmers are pessimistic about TB eradication progress - study

Farmers are "pessimistic" about the likelihood that TB would be eradicated in the next 10 years, a study has found.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Tipperary brothers swear by Bogballe and Meredith bogie combo

Tipperary brothers swear by Bogballe and Meredith bogie combo

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with brothers John and Jimmy Bourke to find out why they have invested their fourth new full spec Bogballe fertiliser spreader, mounted on a Meredith bogie.

FARM MACHINERY 11 February 2026

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National Dairy Council bridging the urban-rural divide through school farm visit

Kildare dairy farmer welcomed students as part of a National Dairy Council initiative, which saw 1,500 pupils across Ireland visit working dairy farms during May.

National Dairy Council bridging the urban-rural divide through school farm visit

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