A second company has been awarded £4m to further develop a project to tackle excess phosphorus coming from slurry.
The Centre for Competitiveness will lead a project in Mid-Ulster called LUCERNE - sLurry Utilisation for the Creation and Exploitation of Recoverable Nutrients and Energy. Mobile slurry separators will be used to extract nutrients from slurry and provide feedstock for anaerobic digestion. The programme forms part of the Lough Neagh Action Plan, which aims to change how nutrients like phosphorus are managed on farm.C for C technical lead Dr. James Morrow said the project would "ensure the business resilience" of farms while helping them become more sustainable.Daera minister Andrew Muir says he is "delighted" to see another award under the scheme