Land application

Milk can be applied directly to land. The following guidelines should be followed when applying milk to land (similar guidelines apply to the disposing of whey or any other liquid dairy products).

Dilute the milk with at least the same volume of water (i.e. 1 : 1 dilution) before applying it directly to land
Dilutions up to 10 : 1 water to milk should be considered to reduce the possibility of odour problems and
pasture damage
Do not apply more than 50,000 litres of the diluted milk per hectare to pasture (i.e. 5 litres per square metre of
land).Use as much land area as practically possible. If possible use land that can be worked following
application
Irrigate onto recently grazed pasture and following irrigation, flush with fresh water to rinse milk residues from
foliage.

Do not apply milk to:

Land within 20 m of a drain or waterway
Land close to public areas or neighbours where odour problems may arise
Paddocks which are likely to flood, have steep slopes, are pipe drained or mole ploughed or are frozen hard.