Definitely pour the tanks on out farms ! The extra storage in spring time is invaluable! Tanks really aren’t as expensive to build as you think , no maintenance unlike a nurse tank too! Plus cheap labour in the winter time when demand for drivers is low to ferry slurry out to these tanks!

You need to get the Slurrykat boys to come around and demo their gear on your farm.

I’d dewater the slurry, compost the solids then spread them. Use the slurry water to irrigate a field close to the shed.

Albers aligator roll you slurru bags. Can be moved between fields. Low costs and can be used as nurse tank. I have one. Some job. Mine holds 80,000 gallons

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Interesting!! 🤔

2x 3000 gallon single axle abbey tankers with DCI arms. Spread with both tankers when the ground is dry. Cart to the gateway, roll a pipe out and umbilical when wet 👍🏻

Can I just say, my family doesnt have a farm. The only farm experience I have is with my grandads small 5-6 beef farm from my childhood. I’ve spent the weekend bing watching the videos to date and it’s the best part of my week. Thank you for doing what you do and showing as deep of insight as you do. Best wishes from Galway!

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Woow! Thank you! Glad you enjoyed them!

I could listen to you talk all day, loved the video!

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Great video. Interesting concepts on slurry storage/spreading

Great video content , really enjoy them

Surprise channel pop up. So glad it did. Very interesting and informative.

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Welcome aboard. 🫡

Option 3 makes sense, high initial costs but long term cost effective

I saw a video once where an Irish farmer built his Dairy Unit out in the pasture so everything was close to one another! It could be very possible to built or install a tank, either concrete or container for storage of slurry...this could be beneficial in winter when tanks are getting full on the main farm. If you watch Metcalf Farm's in England s'where they have off-site lagoons for this very purpose as there ground is so spread out. They just put a mixer tractor in and pump out to the nearby fields..

Thats some trip Andrew, how far out are your fields? Ive learn’t alot about your spreading, good vid pal 👍🏻

Great stuff, ta

A friend from Denmark converted a 40 foot shipping container with a 1m top extension to a nurse tank, holds approximately 100m³ (~22000gallons). Maybe even as a stationary tank without axles, since it's a bit tight in your area for a 12 to 15m long trailer and it´s definitely cheaper than concrete tanks

We use a trailer as a nurse tank, definitely a cheaper option as we use it for silage too I’ve a video of it on here. Any tanker can blow into it too just put the tank on spread and a flexi hose up to the top of the trailer

Upon re watching you video I’ve seen lads in the south use 2 containers connected by big pipes and transported by a drop bed low loader extended very cheap option

For a tank out in your silage fields I wonder would 40ft containers work? join 2 together and you have a lot of storage with them alone and not expensive either, just a thought 👌

No criticism keep the videos coming there top claas

If you have most of your land in one block a large lagoon or slurry store could be great also increase winter capacity but it could be hard to keep mixed unless you add a bubbler system at even more cost. I do think some farms in Belgium have remote stores for additional capacity. I know Farmer Phil takes from a slurry bag somwhere but thats a rare thing.

Great video

Option 3 100% spend the money maximise storage. Slurry will all be in the right place when you need it can haul on the rainy days

You could look at the standalone slurry pumps. Although it is an engine sat around waiting for one job

Traveling irrigator is by far the best option. Low soil compaction and very low running cost as it runs off the pump. And you can still use the slurry tank for far away feilds

Over here in New Zealand I'm fertilizer spreading contractor and we do mixes in the one hopper

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Blends separate on my at 24m. The K especially doesn't go far enough

I think you should put a tank in the field because when it comes to the spring all the extra slurry storage, you’ll have just Thinking great video

Nurse tank is a good job if you have big fields and big acres in 1 place other wise you’re paying men to wait to reel up. DCI arms are good for moving field to field

You can suck the slurry out of the tanker, at the spread plate, connect your pipe from the tanker valve direct to the pump, if you dont have much help, it's works handy, just go fill the tankers & go back & spread it with the Sam help, we use 2-2000g's & a 3000g tankers, it takes a lot of machinery to do all the umbilical system with tankers

Seen you at balmoral chatting one of the killen brothers

Large slurry bag an option

If u build a tank on the out block it will be of use as ur overall storage capacity , it also raises the value of the out block , down the road u could put a shed over it

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Its a tough call!

Your contractor seems to have the ideal job, a sealed up shipping container 🤔 💪

Opt 3 with slurry storage for large blocks but dci arm for smaller blocks

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

That's a great idea! Both!!

There's a film called "the next three days". It's a good watch.

What is the best time of year to put box muck on the field and how long does it take to break down until field can be cut again? New to this all and no slurry but unlimited amounts of dung from the house from winter time. Thanks

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Autumn or spring. You need low covers of grass and it takes a long time to break down.

Two questions, With the GPS set up, can you toggle across a few inches every time from the last time you were in the field to minimise compaction over time? Second question, they say that N uptake is roughly 2 units a day. With your 90 unit's that's roughly 45 days, possibly a bit less with the growth at the moment. What time would you say N lasts up to in the ground? Say 50/60 days worth of N put out, would it still actually be available coming to the end of thator would it be lost?

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Grass can use a lot more than 2 units a day. That rule is absolutely on the low side.

Look at the time it's taking between slurry and silage cutting and the cost of all the machinery also. I would get in a contractor in to do all the slurry and silage have more time to manage the farm and also more family time too

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Makes sense!

Do you reuse your oxygen barrier sheets between 1st and 2nd cuts or use a new one each time?

@FarmTheoryNI

6 күн бұрын

Reused them between cuts, they work fine. 👍

Option 3

Hi Andrew. A thought provoking video as always. I would stay away from big tankers and nurse tanks. Your own silage gear is one thing but slurry equipment is a very expensive luxury. I think an underground tank on your main outfarm is more beneficial for storage. Both farms could be pumped umbilically with just 2 tractors. Leave the tankers Mr Giles. He is well geared up for the job

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Good point!

@bryanrobertson3068

Ай бұрын

I'd be interested to know your thoughts on zero grazing an indoor robotic herd sometime.Totally different setup to yours I know.

could go completely mad and ditch the boom tankers and buy a second hand milk tanker and dolly, if you can get the tractor air supply up to 120psi(should just be a regulator setting) it will run the bags and brakes on the tanker. fill it with a slurry pump/mixer, 8000 gallon in 2-3 minutes fill, another centrifugal pump to offload into a nurse tank, you'll do well to do 24000gal/hr with a pump anyway so, say 8-10 minutes to fill and empty, leaves 10-12minutes travel or 5-6 minutes each way with 8s on tanker, 3095 on slurry agitator, Puma on nurse tank and smaller Massey in the field spreading.

@billbobby461

Ай бұрын

plus track digger to widen gates and laneways to turn etc 🤣

Build a few tanks the way to go

Do you have similar limits on fertiliser rates and stocking rates that we have in the south?

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

We do, not as restrictive I don't think.

Do you not loose some Nitrogen by applying slurry so quick after spreading fertiliser?

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Maybe, I have never found anywhere an idea of how much. Makes me doubt it.

Have you looked up luxury uptake of k?

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Heard about it, never noticed any affects and my K soil indexes have improved.

Option 4. Sell the machinery and use a contractor

@garrettodowd

Ай бұрын

There is no fun in that 😂 can't beat doing your own silage

@garrettodowd

Ай бұрын

And other work

@Jackie.641

Ай бұрын

contractor are great at destroying land 😂😂😂 getting stuck and ploughing the field 🤣🤣

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

We have the tractors, makes no sense unless we went all contractors and done nothing ourselves.

@MrDavidSThompson

Ай бұрын

@@FarmTheoryNI More machinery, more finance, more staff required. But if you enjoy that work then I suppose you'll always justify it. Financially I don't think you'll be that much better off.

To spread 2000 gallon an acre what speed do you go?

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

5kph

Slurrykat make a 120 cube nurse tank

Option 3. Dig a hole in the field and line it so there is no seepage. Absolutely no cost and you can pump out of it as you need.

@concernedcitizen3163

Ай бұрын

Lining isnt free, diggers arent free, what a stupid comment

why would you not do maize?

Buy a big tank be it a lorry tank water tank etc and burry it in the ground there's your nurse tank cheap as chips

Andrew, don't try to use a small tractor to pull the umbilical pipe. You'll regret it.

Yes more machines! If you keep going you will have a million pounds Worth of machinery to spread a million gallons of slurry ...🥳

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

That's the plan! 🤣

Hey, what country u farming from

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Northern Ireland

Some job saving deasel with 2 spreders

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

It's so good.

Whats your opinion on the tow and ferts that are now becoming popular

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

Honestly not sure. I need to read into it more.

🙏🙏🇮🇪🇮🇪👍👍

Why don’t you convert a silage trailer into a nursery tank

@FarmTheoryNI

Ай бұрын

That's probably a good option

@bubble6470

6 күн бұрын

Broughan do a silage and slurry trailer