Manure Spreading News
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Top 10 Horse Farming Tools You Can’t Live Without
Routine maintenance around the farm can be incredibly hard work - it can sometimes feel like you simply do not have enough time in the day. Continue reading for the top 10 horse farming tools that you can’t live without. 10 Horse Trailer Transporting horses - whether it be to a show, in the case of an emergency, or moving stables - is an important aspect of horse ownership. It is ...
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Mowing with Major in Ede and Wageningen
Sportservice Ede adds a second Major rotary mower system to its fleet. Sports fields are mowed with a cylinder mower. That was the view of Jaap Dirksen, outdoor sports operator at Sportservice Ede, for many years. When he saw a Major rotary mower in action, he decided to deviate from his principle. And with success: Sportservice Ede now has two Major rotary mowers in use for mowing all fields in ...
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Customised approach is MAJOR distinction
Jim Bob Jones is owner operator of JT Jones Agricultural Contractors in Little Worthen, Shropshire. Booming business meant Jim needed to change out his old slurry tanker and invest in something bigger. However, only Major Equipment listened to him and offered a customised solution specific to his ...
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IFJ retrofitting 7.5m dribble bar on 15-year old 2400LGP
Peter Thomas Keaveney of the Irish Farmers Journal travelled west to our factory in Co Mayo to follow a 15-year old 2,400 gallon LGP tanker through a retro-fit process where it was married up to a new MAJOR 7.5m 32 outlet dribble bar slurry spreader. With the days of the traditional splash plate numbered, many farmers are availing of grant-aided support through the Targeted Agricultural ...
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MAJOR Presents New Retro-fit Slurry Spreaders at LAMMA 2020
Major Equipment’s new low emission Dribble Bar and Trailing Shoe applicators offer a solution to the growing challenges of tighter regulations while maximising the benefit of slurry. The MAJOR applicators are designed to apply slurry to the soil surface as accurately as possible while minimising nutrient loss and ammonia emissions. Both are available in 7.5m working widths and have 30 ...
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MAJOR presents own retrofit slurry applicators at Ploughing 2019
Major Equipment (Intl) Ltd returns to the 2019 National Ploughing Championships with its biggest lineup of machinery renowned for strength, stamina and value. Taking centre stage will be its own dedicated low-emission slurry application system. The new MAJOR Dribble Bar and Trailing Shoe applicators feature a universal adaptor with adjustable height system for maximum flexibility and improved ...
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New Manure Sidedress Method Lowers Fertilizer Costs, Increases Yields
With corn needing nitrogen, and pigs and cattle producing a lot of it, anything that offers a better way to use their waste to fortify crops should intrigue farmers. Two agriculture experts at The Ohio State University have redesigned a metal tractor attachment so that it allows farmers to put manure on a field while crops are emerging. Applying manure to growing crops, which is not widely done ...
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Beware of slurry risks to this season`s silage
According to Ecosyl silage expert, Darran Ward, spreading slurry after first-cut always poses a risk because of the challenge of achieving the 10-week interval typically recommended for slurry to be absorbed before taking the next cut. But in a mild year like this, when many first-cuts were taken early and farmers will be keen to get back in for second-cuts, he says the time available for ...
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S3 Delta Spreaders Debut
S3 Delta Harrows debuted a new line of broadcast spreaders at the Black Hills Stock Show in Rapid City, SD. Director of Business Development, Ida Van Scyoc says, "Land owners look for easy-to-use, low cost, and efficient ways to improve their yards, fields and pastures. Spreading seed or fertilizer at the same time as you are aerating and dethatching with the harrows just makes sense.” ...
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Latest FAR Module gives practical advice to reduce livestock emissions
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has announced the launch of its latest training module for the Feed Adviser Register (FAR). Module 3, Section 2 will highlight practical ways that feed advisers can help to reduce emissions on farms. It builds on information gained in FAR Module 3, Section 1. Inge Verwoerd, Technical Manager for Feed and FAR at AIC, said: “One of the main ...
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Bunning joins Forces with Norwood Sales Inc. USA
UK based Company G T Bunning and Sons Ltd and USA based Company Norwood Sales Inc have entered into a licenced agreement to manufacture OEM manure spreaders designed specifically for the North American market. The agreement has been fuelled by growing demand for ‘Bunning manure spreaders’ in North America over the past 15 years. Dan Norwood, owner of Norwood Sales Inc (both an ...
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Using Liquid Manure to Fertilize Wheat? Consider Timing, Nitrogen Content
Liquid livestock manure can be a great option as a spring top-dress fertilizer for wheat fields if applied during the appropriate window of time and if it has the right amount of nitrogen, according to research conducted by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. In a report published in the latest issue of the college’s Crop Observation ...
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Conservation Tillage Conference March 2-3 Offers Tips for Farmers in Tight Economy
High input costs coupled with low grain prices anticipated in 2016 means that growers have to make smarter, calculated choices to grow profitable crops this year. Also important is the need to build and maintain healthy soils to help ensure good water quality, said Randall Reeder, a retired Ohio State University Extension agricultural engineer. Reeder is an organizer of the annual Conservation ...
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From the ground up: local knowledge informing agri-environmental policy
Agricultural land use presents a number of environmental challenges, which the European Commission is committed to addressing through a range of agri-environmental policies. A new study points to the importance of aligning agri-environmental policies with farmers’ needs and operations. Using the case of land clearing in Finland, the research underlines the importance of incorporating input ...
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Silage Safety Begins in the Field
To reduce the risk of deadly silage gas later in the year, correctly prepare and harvest forages. “Quality silage starts all the way back in the field — and so does overall silage safety,” says Renato Schmidt, Ph.D., Technical Services Forage, Lallemand Animal Nutrition. “Dangerous gases can be produced naturally during the early stages of the ensiling process. The right ...
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Silage Safety Begins in the Field
To reduce the risk of deadly silage gas later in the year, correctly prepare and harvest forages. “Quality silage starts all the way back in the field — and so does overall silage safety,” says Renato Schmidt, Ph.D., Technical Services Forage, Lallemand Animal Nutrition. “Dangerous gases can be produced naturally during the early stages of the ensiling process. The right ...
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Agricultural ammonia emissions could be reduced without affecting crop yield
Ammonia released by nitrogen fertilisers in Spanish agriculture could be reduced by up to 82% with only a very minimal impact on crop yield, finds new research. This could be achieved by combining optimised management of manure with the use of non-urea synthetic fertilisers. Agriculture accounted for almost 94% of total European atmospheric emissions of ammonia in 2011. The main sources of these ...
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New Material to Enhance Soils using Manure Waste
The results of the research group of Valuation of resources from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid suggest an optimal solution to manage the manure from chicken and cattle. Biochar, a material obtained after thermal treatment of this waste through pyrolysis, is an organic fertilizer that applied in soils and not only has positive effects on crop yields, but also represents a significant ...
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Proposed rule for farms aims to improve Lake Erie
Ohio's lawmakers are taking their first step toward slowing the spread of algae in Lake Erie since a toxin contaminated the drinking water for more than 400,000 people. Legislation approved in the state House would ban farmers in much of northwestern Ohio from spreading manure on top of frozen or saturated fields. Another provision would set new rules on dumping dredged sediment in the lake. ...
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Ag Attorney Sheds Light on Manure Handling, Application Regulations
Although the Lake Erie algae problems that contaminated Toledo’s water supply in early August have subsided, the crisis raised questions about animal manure application on farmland in Ohio and how it may have contributed to the problem. In response, Ohio State University Extension’s agricultural and resource law field specialist has written a summary of Ohio laws relating to ...
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