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A further £74 million is now available to help farmers invest in improved slurry infrastructure to tackle water pollution, improve air quality, and make better use of organic nutrients.
As revealed a few weeks ago, based on feedback from farmers, a number of changes have made to the scheme that make it more accessible to pig farmers. This includes an increase from six to eight months’ storage covered by the grants, while grants will also be available towards slurry separators and retrofitting covers onto existing stores.
Farmers can apply for grants of £25,000 to £250,000 to replace, expand, build extra, and cover slurry stores, and fund equipment such as separators, reception pits, and agitators.
With more than double the funding on offer than the first round of the scheme to help meet increased demand, the second round of the scheme forms part of a total £200 million being invested in infrastructure and equipment to tackle agricultural pollution from slurry over the agricultural transition period.
Farmers are obliged to have a minimum of four months slurry storage in the rules for storing silage, slurry and agricultural fuel oil, and five (cattle) or six (pigs) months in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones. The Farming Rules for Water also require farmers to plan nutrient applications to meet soil and crop need.
November 21, 2023/ National Pig Association/ United Kingdom.
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