Manure Application Articles & Analysis: This-Year
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Dealing with waste resulting from farm activities is a problem no farmer can avoid. With charges introduced for waste exemptions, it’s important to minimise waste to reduce the cost of compliant disposal, says ADAS Agricultural Consultant Cheryl Williams. Waste on farms typically arises from the normal use of inputs, but it also refers to packaging, containers, crop film, bale wrap ...
Growing conditions have been perfect over the last few weeks, so fertiliser has been going on ‘a plenty’ but have you a Nutrient Management plan (NMP) in place? Many businesses have signed up to nutrient planning as part of their Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement, and the Environment Agency is looking very closely at NMP’s when they are inspecting ...