The slurry spreading season will open on 13 January for farmers in Zone A (Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow).

Zone B opens on 16 January for farmers in Clare, Galway, Kerry, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Roscommon, Sligo, and Westmeath.

It opens on 1 February for farmers in Zone C (Donegal, Cavan, Leitrim and Monaghan) and in Northern Ireland.

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Chemical fertiliser and farmyard manure

Farmers should also be aware that the season for the spreading of chemical fertiliser also kicks off later this month for Zones A and B.

Farms located in Zone A can apply chemical fertiliser from January 27, followed by January 30 for those farming in Zone B.

Farmers located in Zone C cannot spread chemical fertilisers until February 15.

In Zone A farmers can spread farmyard manure from 13 January followed by Zone B on January 16. Farmers in Zone C have to wait until 1 February before farmyard manure spreading is permitted.