Tanker mounted dribble bar and trailing shoe options offer a cost-effective way to meet the splash plate ban. “One of the cheapest ways to comply with the splash plate ban is likely to be retrofitted tanker dribble bar systems. Mr Hayhurst says that parts of Europe have already banned dribble bar systems and that the UK is likely to follow suit. Using grants to invest in wider working-width dribble bar and trailing shoe systems should help farms to futureproof. There is a further grant for larger trailing shoe systems with working widths of more than 8 metres.