SlurryKing®

SlurryKing® is supported by a range of trial data and many farmer testimonials from happy Customers who have used SluryKing over many years and seen the huge benefits of using this product.

Please note that SlurryKing was formerly called Epizym in some of this information, and SlurryKing and Epizym are the same products. The important trial data and full list of farmer testimonials can be downloaded and viewed as a Pdf document in the next tab, “Download Information”.

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Read some of our Farmer Testimonials here: 

SlurryKing helps get the maximum out of slurry.

Alan Marshall

Wigtown, Newton Stewart
230 milkers, 500 head in total with beef
Tower, tanks and a 600,000 gallon lagoon

What prompted you to use SlurryKing?

Stirring. We were spending an intolerable about of time on it. I needed to know we weren’t just taking the liquid out. With only two of us here and cows to milk seven days we only get a small amount of time in the afternoons to pump and spread. The land goes one mile one way and two and a half miles the other way, uphill. Transporting the slurry takes a long time, so anything that saves us time is what we need. We do use contractors to help with the work. We were organic up until about a year ago. I know there’s huge benefit to be gained from using slurry properly, especially the time factors and the logistics of having it ready to spread.

What happened next?

Simon, our Harbro salesman suggested we try SlurryKing. We put it into the tower and tanks which then ‘fed’ the lagoon, so we didn’t need to treat the lagoon itself. The slurry in the lagoon is now spreadable within 10 minutes and does not crust. The tanks used to take a day to a day and half to stir. Now it’s far quicker than this and the slurry is always liquid and ready to spread. It doesn’t stick to the grass. We have one underground tank which for one reason and another we cannot treat with SlurryKing. It’s a youngstock building and is always a problem, whereas the others are not. I know SlurryKing would make a huge difference if we could use it in there.

What have you saved?

Time, diesel, and I’m quite sure I’m saving on the chemical fertiliser also.
Have you noticed any other benefits? Yes, I’ve noticed the smell does not linger as much as it used to, it drops to the ground and doesn’t stick to the leaves. Just as well, as we have neighbours around us and the fewer the complaints the happier I am.

Would you recommend SlurryKing products to other farmers?

Yes, SlurryKing helps get the maximum out of slurry, but even if it just saves on tractor time and hassle it’s worth it.

You just mix it up, put it in the tank, job done.

Anthony Hitchcock
Crossways Farm, Bury St Edmonds
Pig Farmer

How did you hear about SlurryKing?

I used the product a number of years ago when it was sold under a different name. I was very happy with its performance but my supplier stopped selling it. I then tried different products but wasted no time in returning to the product, as the competing products simply didn’t deliver the right results.

What prompted you to use SlurryKing?

Initially smell. We had very bad odour one winter time when ventilation was poor. The smell really was very strong in the pig house, it hit you when you opened the doors. On emptying, we couldn’t spread too close to the houses nearby, it was really very strong. Flies were also an issue within the farrowing shed. We were using fly sprays and bait to try to curb the problem. We also had problems with flies on our flat decks – a continuous cycle of maggots which we couldn’t curb.

What happened next?

A few weeks after applying the SlurryKing I noticed a really big difference in the smell. I have a neighbour who often complained about the smell, but since using SlurryKing along with a low level applicator, they’ve noticed a vast improvement in smell and flies. Nothing else we tried really hit the flies quite like SlurryKing did. It worked to the point where could count the flies on one hand. The slurry then gets pumped into a large tank where it’s held for up to three months. It then goes back to the fields.

What other benefits have you noticed?

It’s far easier now to empty out and clean down the tanks. We wash one room a week and in the past it used to be a hard job to get all the slurry out through the little plug hole, but now we pull the bung, wash the pen down without even thinking about the slurry.

Would you recommend SlurryKing products to other farmers?

Absolutely. I like SlurryKing as all I have to do is mix it up, put it in the tank and forget about it. Haven’t got to do anything with it. As long as you put the right amount in and the top up dose, job done. I have tried other products. They haven’t been successful for us – they took more work than it was worth bothering for. With one of them I had to dose the tank every week, which for someone like me is too time consuming. I want to put it in and forget about it. Others required stirring every week and adding a bit more product. Some dealt with smell by encouraging a crust to develop, which was not what I wanted as I wanted to spread the slurry on the fields.

The smell was greatly reduced when spreading and the slurry was far more consistent.

Ian Evans
Penkiln Farm, Garlieston, Newton Stewart
230 milkers, 80 loose housing, 600 acres
350,000 gallon round tower

What prompted you to use SlurryKing?

I wanted the crust to be eaten away. Before, you could have walked over the top of the crust. Also, when I would mix it up, the dirty water would come out ok, but floor solids were left behind. Simon Dodds from Harbro recommended I use SlurryKing.

What happened next?

I applied the product as per the instructions. The smell was greatly reduced when spreading and the slurry was far more consistent, leaving much less solid material on the leaves of the grass.

What have you saved?

I have saved time and money on pumps. It would take a while and so I used to hire in specialist mixing equipment. I haven’t had to hire this in since using SlurryKing. I can’t put a price on it yet but I expect to get more grass due to less leaf contamination. I’ll be aiming to inject slurry from now on – the slurry is now more consistent and able to be injected.

Would you recommend SlurryKing products to other farmers?

Yes, and I have been recommending it to a number of neighbours.

I can’t imagine farming without it now. The amount of hassle it takes out of slurry management is nothing short of amazing.

John Pidsley
Thornton Hey Farm, Cheshire
Dairy farmer – 60 milkers, 30 young stock

What prompted you to use SlurryKing?

“I had a problem. In 1997 I changed the bedding from sawdust to chopped straw to benefit the cows. I have a 50,000 gallon lagoon and a 160,000 gallon slurry tank, both of which are emptied every four months. We were having big problems with blockages when emptying the tank as the straw was forming a thick crust that wasn’t breaking down. Both systems would need to be stirred before emptying which was an expensive, time consuming task that usually took several days. We often found there wasn’t enough time to do it thoroughly, so the slurry varied in consistency and the nutrients didn’t get applied evenly. Thicker slurry stuck to the leaves and contaminated them, forcing us to wait longer before we could graze the land. This was a real problem as we were totally dependent on grass.

I saw an advert for SlurryKing in Dairy Farmer and gave it a try from the autumn of that year.”

What happened next?

“Treatment was easy. I simply mixed the SlurryKing with warm water and poured it into the reception pit before it was pumped into the tank, ensuring the bacteria were introduced into the liquid part of the slurry and not wasted on the surface.

The treated slurry is so much easier to handle. There is very little crust and the slurry has a more even consistency, even before mixing. This has greatly reduced the time and energy spent stirring the stores before spreading (it only takes me an hour to an hour and a half now), reducing hassle and allowing us to take advantage of weather windows for spreading. When I put the thinner slurry on the land I saw that the grass was growing noticeably quicker almost straight away. So much so, that by the springtime, I was able to drastically reduce the amount of fertiliser I put onto the land, buying only a couple of bags as an ‘insurance policy’ almost.”

“I’ve now been using SlurryKing Cattle for eight winters with good success. The product is unquestionably effective as a slurry digester provided it is always applied correctly. This I am able to apply to either mowing or grazing land without problems and with little odour throughout the growing season.

How much money have you saved?

Obviously fertiliser saving is the key area, and the fact that I have lower contractor costs is a substantial saving. Also, with greatly reduced mixing time, diesel savings come into the picture.

See the table below for John’s annual saving on a relatively small non intensive farm.

What other benefits have you noticed?

I’ve noticed SlurryKing treated slurry doesn’t stick to leaves so contamination risk is reduced on silage grounds and we can get the cows back to grazing sooner.

Would you recommend SlurryKing products to other farmers?

The benefits I have enjoyed since first using SlurryKing Cattle back in 1997 are certainly worth having, and I would most certainly recommend the product to other dairy or cattle farmers. But to achieve these benefits I would stress it is important to always adhere to SlurryKing’s easy-to-follow instructions and apply the product correctly.”

John Pidsley’s Annual Savings:

 

Fertiliser saving	£8,625
Contractor saving	£300
Diesel saving	£200
Less cost of SlurryKing	– £250
TOTAL saving	£8,875