At just 16, Seán Brett has already spent hours outside of school hours wondering how to make his family’s farm more safe. So much so, that he spent his time as a TY student inventing Tankit — a ...

Farmers are coming under increasing environmental pressure when it comes to safe use of manures and fertilisers. New legislation requires all farmers to meet Nitrate Vulnerable Zone standards, whether ...

The rules governing the disposal of concrete slurry created during polishing, cutting and grinding can be murky without a set of guidelines to follow. Is concrete slurry a hazardous waste and does it ...

The closed period for spreading slurry on land ended on January 15 and many farms will be hoping to get an opportunity - weather permitting - to spread slurry as levels in tanks may be quite high.

Poisonous gas is released when slurry is mixed and the effects can be fatal The deaths of three members of a well-known farming family in Northern Ireland have brought the dangers posed by slurry into ...