Along with providing financial savings, other benefits of using pig slurry in a tillage rotation include adding valuable organic matter to the soil, along with reducing the farm’s vulnerability to ...

Targeting soils low in P and K is the best way to utilise pig slurry on tillage land, Teagasc advises Using pig slurry for build-up is very productive. Then, top up with your chemical fertiliser.

Livestock are often seen as key contributors to greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) – including methane from ruminants and the carbon footprint of animal feed based on imported products such as palm oil ...

A system of bag tank storage is putting a large-scale pig producer a step ahead of legislation that will require slurry stores to be covered by 2027. Pig farmer Andrew Corrigan has three bags ranging ...