Soil
Soil Health is our Wealth
Soil Health is our Wealth Type Media Article Our soils are precious resources and underpin sustainable food production and many other important ecosystem services for society. Our soild support the production of food, feed and fibre. There are many other functions supported by soil including, the re-cycling of nutrients, sequestration of carbon […]
15 July 2020
White Clover
White Clover 0 Type Media Article White Clover will increase grass production and quality. It improves animal performance – 13% increase in animal carcass weight & 25% increase in lamb live weight gain. It saves €50/acre on Nitrogen fertiliser (save 110 units N/acre, CAN @ €250/t ) and gives a 20% reduction in […]
8 July 2020
Protecting soil carbon stocks and enhancing Carbon Sequestration
Protecting soil carbon stocks and enhancing Carbon Sequestration 0 Type Media Article Soil organic matter is the biggest store of carbon on land. It is greater than the carbon in the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas which is a greenhouse gas. Researchers David Wall & Gary Lanigan have information […]
8 July 2020
Webinar – Protecting Nitrogen and Phosphorus inputs on farms
Webinar – Protecting Nitrogen and Phosphorus inputs on farms Type Event Proceeding The Signpost Series – ‘Pointing the way to a low emissions agriculture’ The 13th a series of Sustainable Agriculture Webinars aimed at Irish Agri Professionals, which took place on Friday, 26th June. Mark Gibson, Teagasc ConnectEd was joined by Mark Plunkett, Soil & […]
29 June 2020
Safeguarding your soil biology
Safeguarding your soil biology Type Media Article There is increasing awareness of the importance of soil biology in underpinning agriculture. The life beneath our feet is critical to the sustainability, resilience and functioning of our farming systems. Researcher, Fiona Brennan, talks about the important role played by the life within soil and […]
23 June 2020
Liming reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases grassland productivity
Liming reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases grassland productivity Type Media Article Research in Johnstown Castle has shown that increasing soil pH by liming resulted in significant reduction of N2O emissions and increased grassland productivity compared to the un-limed plots under the same management and fertiliser regime. Researchers Ognjen Zurovec and Karl […]
21 June 2020
More good news for protected urea fertilisers – another formulation confirmed to reduce emissions while retaining yield in temperate grassland
More good news for protected urea fertilisers – another formulation confirmed to reduce emissions while retaining yield in temperate grassland 0 Type Media Article Protected urea is a well-known technology within synthetic fertiliser industry. Recent Teagasc research in Johnstown Castle shows that the use of protected urea formulations is an important option for […]
6 June 2020
Sulphur: deficiency, potential to boost growth and advice
Sulphur: deficiency, potential to boost growth and advice 0 Type Media Article There is potential for Sulphur (S) to boost grassland yields. There is onging research in Johnstown Castle on how to optimise this potential. Patrick Forrestal, Claire Aspel and Mark Plunkett have more information and some advice regarding silage and grazing What […]
2 June 2020
Improved understanding of soil biology to reduce GHG emissions
Improved understanding of soil biology to reduce GHG emissions Type Media Article Soil microbes are the key drivers of N transformations. Their activity determines to a large extent whether N is retained in a plant available form within soil, or lost to either air or water. Researchers Coline Deveautour and Fiona Brennan […]
31 May 2020
Optimal soil phosphorus reduces greenhouse gas emissions
Optimal soil phosphorus reduces greenhouse gas emissions Type Media Article Environment research in Johnstown Castle investigated the effect of long term P fertilisation on emissions of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide in a number of laboratory experiments by Karl Richards and Rosie O’ Neill For decades farmers have been applying phosphorus […]
30 May 2020