Spreading slurry and rain

duffysfarm

My next door neighbour has offered me his slurry as his fields are too wet while mine are dry. The only thing is that I would have to pay for emptying the tank - no problem with this but the only thing is I want to make sure is i get value for money and I would be worried that if I spread it and it were to rain heavy then it could be washed away. My question is would rain wash away slurry after its spread and then be of no benefit?

Mooooo

In current weather more than Likely yes, ideally would want a dry week or two here anyways

timmiekp

Looking to import slurry myself later in the year as I mite get the cord to empty our tank can disease like Johnns and tb be spreaded

greysides

timmiekp wrote: »

can disease like Johnns and tb be spreaded

Yes. Plus Salmonella, BVD, coccidia, cryptosporidium, rotavirus, coronavirus and probably others.

visatorro

greysides wrote: »

Yes. Plus Salmonella, BVD, coccidia, cryptosporidium, rotavirus, coronavirus and probably others.

Can they be picked up from grass or do they sink into water table?

greysides

visatorro wrote: »

Can they be picked up from grass or do they sink into water table?

They will all vary in their survivabilities, largely dependent on their external structure. Some will only survive while there is some organic matter to protect them, others may live in the soil for a while due to the nature of their outer layer. Crypto may well get into the ground water. UV light from the sun along with desiccation will destroy a lot of the viruses.TB and Johne's would be a worry as, coming from a family of soil-living organisms that learnt to live in animals, they would still be quite at home in that environment.

Contractual spreading of slurry is a bit of a Pandora's box. Locally there an area of farms with salmonella problems. It makes one think.

They wouldn't be picked up from 'clean' grass but from the slurry remnants on the leaves.