Storage of Organic Manure for Farmers in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ)
Part 7 of the DEFRA Regulations has established a number of rules for the storage organic manures.
If you are a livestock farmer and your stock deposit waste in a building or yard then you will probably need to store the waste before either spreading or removing it from the farm.
The new rules for storage are outlined below:
Provide, by 1 January 2012, at least six months’ storage capacity for poultry manures and pig slurry, and at least five months for slurry from other types of livestock.
If you are a livestock farmer and your stock deposit waste in a building or yard then you will probably need to store the waste before either spreading or removing it from the farm.
The new rules for storage are outlined below:
Provide, by 1 January 2012, at least six months’ storage capacity for poultry manures and pig slurry, and at least five months for slurry from other types of livestock.
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Follow a defined process when calculating how much storage you need.
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Ensure your manure storage facilities meet legal standards of constructionStore poultry manure and other types of solid manure on an impermeable base, in a roofed building, or in an appropriately located, temporary field heap.
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Identify suitable field sites for temporary storage of solid manure if you wish to use this storage method.
Record your calculation showing existing storage capacity and whether you need to provide extra storage capacity. There is also some annual record keeping requirements that must be met.
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We supply a number of products that are suitable for the creating of Slurry Stores, or Silage Clamps.
Firstly the Prestressed concrete panels which can be installed either horizontally between steel posts, or vertical cantilever panels which are concreted into a cradle system.
Secondly L shaped precast retaining walls can be cast into an insitu concrete floor or bolted onto an existing concrete foundation slab.
Both options can be manufactured to suit your exact requirements and sizes.
Please see our Slurry Store and Silage Clamp pages for more information.