Displaying items by tag: effluent

Monday, 25 May 2020 13:58

Turning slurry into profit

Via its importer of 10 years, Farmgard, Abbey Machinery offers an extensive range of slurry applicators, including band spreaders, vertical trailing shoes, tri-app trailing shoes, cereal applicators and disc injectors.

Published in Tractors and Machinery

Yardmaster's extensive range of effluent stirrers offer a solution for build-up issues in dairy effluent ponds or tanks. 

Published in Dairy Equipment
Friday, 20 March 2020 12:53

Don’t be bullied into building large ponds

A Hamilton soil and water consultant is questioning the effectiveness of the dairy effluent storage calculator on Waikato farms.

Published in Management
Thursday, 19 March 2020 11:16

A house cows can flow into anytime

HerdHome System Ltd founders Tom and Kathy Pow are back at the helm of the company they founded 20 years ago.

Published in Management
Thursday, 20 February 2020 10:00

$57,000 fine for lengthy effluent management breach

A Waikato farmer has been fined $57,375 for the unlawful discharge of effluent to a local stream from a storage pond.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 05 February 2020 11:57

Pumping poo further afield

Effluent pump maker Numedic says its new pump casing allow poo to be pumped more efficiently to paddocks around the farm.

Published in Machinery & Products
Thursday, 23 January 2020 07:55

Soil properties critical when applying effluent

Soil properties should be weighed up when applying effluent, explains Bala Tikkisetty, sustainable agriculture advisor (technical) at Waikato Regional Council.

Published in Opinion
Saturday, 04 January 2020 08:55

Soil moisture: no more looking over the fence

Farm manager Bryan Mitchell describes as brilliant the SCADAfarm systems that allow him to remotely monitor and manage the irrigation of his 300ha of leased grazing land near Kirwee.

Published in Management
Tuesday, 26 November 2019 12:55

Saving water while washing stock trucks

Ravensdown's ClearTech farm effluent treatment system is not just for dairy sheds, the company says.

Published in General News
Monday, 18 November 2019 09:43

Managing poo made easy

Irish slurry handling specialist Abbey Machinery is working to get more value from slurry. Business development manager international, Michael O’Grady explains. 

Published in Management
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