The mandatory use of GPS trackers on tractors exporting slurry is being considered by the Department of Agriculture in a bid to clamp down on bogus slurry export declarations.
According to the Irish Farmers Journal the proposal is among a number of new water quality measures proposed by the Department's nitrates expert group.
Other measures proposed include the establishment of a national feed database, the declaration of exactly when slurry is leaving the farm and the inclusion of clover in all new perennial ryegrass seed mixes.
Also under consideration is a restriction on grassland slurry spreading to land that meets specific soil test results.
