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Muck

natural fertiliser

The Jersey cows are producing about 20 litres of milk each day, which is equivalent to about 2.5 litres of double cream. To produce this amount of cream, the cows eat 35kg of food each day and deposit 50 litres of muck!
The slurry is a valuable commodity – we pipe it up to the “lagoon” on the top of the hill and use it throughout the year as a natural fertiliser. Mackie's slurry lagoon holds 14 million litres and is used to fertilize the fields through 4 miles of pipe
Farm waste is a potential risk to the environment - quite apart from the smell! We therefore analyse all our waste and apply to each crop only the amount that can be utilised by that crop at that time of year in order to minimise leakage of any nitrates into waterways. We also carry out a Nutrient Budget each year to ensure we are balancing everything correctly.

Click here to watch the video clip about our natural fertiliser lagoon