DAFM nitrates expert group proposed using GPS units to track the movement of slurry during exports.
Also timely provision of data to local authorities must be prioritised for these exports to be inspected.
The mandatory use of GPS trackers on tractors exporting slurry is being considered by the Department of Agriculture in a bid to clamp down on bogus slurry export declarations.
The proposal is among a number of new water quality measures proposed by the Department’s nitrates expert group. Other measures proposed include the establishment of a national feed database, the declaration of exactly when slurry is leaving the farm and the inclusion of clover in all new perennial ryegrass seed mixes. Also under consideration is a restriction on grassland slurry spreading to land that meets specific soil test results.
Q: Do the EPA share slurry data with DAFM on EPA licenced sites ? From this exchange, it appears that they did not as of July 2023
DAFM data to LAs
Pig and poultry manure exports
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