Slurry Deadline

F.D

Well has everone got there tanks empied or is there going to be a mad rush before the weekend
I have half a tank to put out but still a fair bit of grass on the ground, plus with working off farm the weather may not be the best on saturday

whelan1

has been extended by 2 weeks:D

jeff greene

whelan1 wrote: »

has been extended by 2 weeks:D

Really? I hope it is

EDIT Saw it on the Chit Chat thread, great news, no were to go here, either too wet or too much grass cover. Panic over for now!

whelan1

jeff greene wrote: »

Really? I hope it is

yup... on the official irish farmers journal fb page

F.D

Thanks for the info whelan, i can leave it for a little longer until the weather picks up, hopefully on a weekend save me using my hols

bob charles

Thank god, have plenty to get out and a shed back full of animals and quantities growing by the minute, This shed was emptied the 1st of May and tanks were full again, just goes to show the summer some had. Now I have grass everywhere and no place to put it. Given the 2 weeks plenty of maize land will free up

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whelan1 wrote: »

has been extended by 2 weeks:D

good stuff

Farming by calender is a joke.

F.D

Ryleigh Savory Jackal wrote: »

Farming by calender is a joke.

you can sing that, seen slurry been spread on saturday beside us in the spills of rain, guess where most of that is gone now, we still have cattle out and a nice bit of grass i know thats going to change this week but i know theres lots of people around that havent spread due to the same reason, it will probably be dry in a weeks time again, but the deadline will be up again

polod

In northern ireland i seen in the paper has no closed period now ...they can spread slurry in jan, dec, nov once they 'have a good reason' ....well for some

bob charles

I have only managed to spread about 25k gallons in the last couple of weeks due mostly to have exceptional grass growth and no where to put it. finally got some maize chopped on Friday where I had planned on spreading it before wheat and since then we have had between 2 and 3 inches of rain, no way could you travel for a good few days yet. I have a tank nearly full and allot of dung heaped in fields waiting for weather to spread. Time to get these stupid rules changed

dryan

what are the chances of this deadline being extended again? land is much wetter now than it was back in the middle of the month when the deadline was originally extended.

snowman707

we "floored" all the tanks last wednesday , was going to wait but checked the forecast

should be ok now until the end of january,

JohnBoy

We've a lad supposed to be coming with an umbilical system, said he's the only one around still using the umbilical, everyone else got out of it.


Found that surprising after the last few wet summers, I wonder will people get back into them again.

F.D

umbilical would be handy in this weather, but with the land been so fragmented its not an option for us, hopefully the deadline will be extended again and there will be more suitable weather in november to spread
I think with grass covers been so good not been able to spread the slurry, injection or trailing shoe is going to become more the norm

polod

F.D wrote: »

umbilical would be handy in this weather, but with the land been so fragmented its not an option for us, hopefully the deadline will be extended again and there will be more suitable weather in november to spread
I think with grass covers been so good not been able to spread the slurry, injection or trailing shoe is going to become more the norm

Yeah id say they will have to extend well into november yet with the amount of rainfall we are getting .....also whats the final date for spreading FYM is it the 1st of november ?

5live

polod wrote: »

Yeah id say they will have to extend well into november yet with the amount of rainfall we are getting .....also whats the final date for spreading FYM is it the 1st of november ?

Yeah:mad:. Contractor spreading today and doing a small bit of damage on the driest field. What kind of damage would he do to the field it was supposed to go on. I wish the rhyme was '40 days had september, april, june and october'

bob charles

5live wrote: »

Yeah:mad:. Contractor spreading today and doing a small bit of damage on the driest field. What kind of damage would he do to the field it was supposed to go on. I wish the rhyme was '40 days had september, april, june and october'

Interesting what you say, take the following scenario, If you have already applied slurry up to the maximum rates on that land and its the only land that you now can spread on due to the weather, could a dispensation be granted. well we have to live by the rules. Maybe might just forward such a question to my County Council to annoy them

blue5000

polod wrote: »

Yeah id say they will have to extend well into november yet with the amount of rainfall we are getting .....also whats the final date for spreading FYM is it the 1st of november ?

I got about 3 text messages from ifa about how they 'lobied extensively' to get the date extended to the end of Nov, I must reply to them and say they need to do a bit more 'lobbying'. Luckily enough I got a fair bit of slurry out about 2 weeks ago. AFAIK fym stops on 1st of Nov.

case 5150

have fym to finish spreading. ground saturated so hope a extension is granted

5live

bob charles wrote: »

Interesting what you say, take the following scenario, If you have already applied slurry up to the maximum rates on that land and its the only land that you now can spread on due to the weather, could a dispensation be granted. well we have to live by the rules. Maybe might just forward such a question to my County Council to annoy them

Sorry Bob. You have me lost on that

whelan1

anyone hear anything?

5live

whelan1 wrote: »

anyone hear anything?

Yesterdays Journal said Phil Hogan says no extension:mad:

tanko

I could be wrong about this, but i think Phil Hogan has said there will be NO further extension. Its a joke if that's the case.

5live

5live wrote: »

Sorry Bob. You have me lost on that

Ahhh. Just read it again and it makes sense to me now. Sorry about that Bob. Must stop posting when i'm wrecked

whelan1

just saw a lad spreading slurry;)

Nobbies

spread away like oul hell till the 1st day ur stopped.some rules can,t be lived by.bit like them (the goverment)not paying out moneyies due on time