From rising fertiliser costs to more efficient slurry application, Mattie Moore explains why he upgraded to a 24m Vogelsang BackPac system

For pig and tillage farmer Mattie Moore, getting the maximum value from slurry has always been part of the farming system.

Based in Croghan, Co. Offaly, Mattie runs a mixed enterprise of 1,000 sows alongside 450 acres of cereals, growing barley, wheat and rye. The slurry produced on the pig unit is used to grow crops, while the cereals harvested on farm are fed back to the pigs — creating a fully integrated cycle.