New pig slurry store with pump and mixer works wonders for farmer’s crops

For an expanding pig business in Yorkshire that needed to meet environmental permitting regulations, A-Consult has completed the installation of a new 2200m3 (5m deep) concrete slurry tank, together with a pump and mixer, installed by Landia. At the 600-acre, largely arable farm, which mainly produces wheat, pig numbers were increased from 2,000 to 3,200, prompting the need for a suitable slurry store, with pump and mixer system. “Before we chose A-Consult & Landia, there was a suggestion that we could use a tractor to drive a PTO-driven stirrer to mix the slurry, but that wouldn’t work for us because our two tractors are normally used as a pair,” said farm proprietor, Nigel Lee. “We preferred the option of an electrical submersible mixer, which would do the job at the push of a button at minimal cost; offset from the 50kWp (kilowatt-peak) solar panels on our grain store.” Whilst weighing up all the pros and cons, what ultimately sealed the decision for Nigel was visiting another (larger) pig farm in Yorkshire that already had the A-Consult tank and Landia pump/mixer set-up. “Seeing it all first-hand showed me how simple yet very effective this installation would...