Francis Bligh and Tom Fallon from Teagasc have some advice on staying safe around slurry Over the next few weeks, many farmers and contractors will be busy emptying slurry before the October 15 ...

Farmers have again been warned of the dangers of slurry tanks in the wake of an accident that claimed the lives of a young rugby star, his brother and their father. Ulster Rugby player Nevin Spence, ...

SHOCKING footage shows the moment a major gas explosion launched a slurry tank into the air, leaving a worker with severe injuries and an amputated leg. Tomasz Patek and Robert Tyrko were working on ...

Dairy farmers are being urged to take extra care after a Derbyshire dairy farmer lost two cows to slurry gas poisoning after he stirred slurry under slats. The producer, who has not been named, farms ...

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Two farm workers drowned in pig muck after entering a slurry tank to remove a blockage, an inquest has found. Alexander Forman, 32, and Richard Pooley, 36, collapsed and fell into the liquid after ...

German maker Reck has developed a slurry mixer that fits between the concrete slats that make up livestock housing floors, avoiding the need to remove sections of the deck and improving operator ...

Poisonous gas is released when slurry is mixed and the effects can be fatal The deaths of three members of a well-known farming family in Northern Ireland have brought the dangers posed by slurry into ...

Farmers have been warned to be very careful when mixing slurry after four "narrow escapes" at farms across Northern Ireland in the last fortnight. In each case, the emergency services were called ...

A County Down farmer drowned after slipping and falling into a slurry tank, an inquest has heard. William McMillan, 43, had been mixing slurry at his farm in Dromore last June when the accident ...

A think tank says the U.S. Forest Service should pursue a much different strategy for using airplanes to fight wildfires, one that relies more heavily on planes that scoop up water on the fly and less ...