
Is Your Farm Winter Ready?
After a dry year for much of the country, a wet winter may not seem an immediate concern, but with Britain’s unpredictable weather, preparation is essential.
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After a dry year for much of the country, a wet winter may not seem an immediate concern, but with Britain’s unpredictable weather, preparation is essential.

Silage clamps with walls constructed from ‘Lego-style’ interlocking concrete blocks offer a flexible, practical storage solution for many farms.

Ag bags are a flexible, low-cost feed storage solution for farms of all sizes. They’re widely used for silage but also ideal for storing maize, cereals, grains, sugar beet pulp, miscanthus, and other by-products.

The EA has launched this year’s Farm Winter Ready campaign. Even in dry conditions, summer is the ideal time to plan slurry storage and ensure it meets winter needs.

The regulations originally came into force on 1st September 1991, as part of ‘The Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) Regulations 1991’.