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Managing farm roads to protect water quality

Farm roadways are an essential piece of infrastructure on most livestock farms and in particular on dairy farms. Roadways help farmers in achieving high animal performance from pasture based systems by aiding grassland management. Under new Nitrates rules that have come into effect there shall be no direct runoff of soiled water from farm roadways to waters from 1st January 2021. In this clip, Padraig Fitzgerald goes through some key points to remember when constructing roadways such as cambering the roadway away from the stream or drain; keeping roadways 1.5m back from the top of the bank from watercourse or drain; and moving paddock access more than 5m from watercourse/drain to reduce the possibility of any sediment/nutrient entering watercourse/drain. Find out more at www.teagasc.ie/waterqualityweek