
Dr. Patrick Forrestal
@forrestalpj
Soil & plant nutrition & health, agronomy, fertilisers, env. loss mitigation, research & extension of practical solutions for the industry that feeds the world
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12-09-2013 11:36:54
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What's possible in the #bioeconomy? Great eg Green Generation producing biomethane gas to feed grid, produce electricity & heat, to run tractors & NPKS bio-based fertiliser, recycled plastic products all from recycled food waste & pkging & pig slurry. MainstreamBIO Project BBioNets


Sulphur (S) boosts grass production & Nitrogen use efficiency reducing Nitrate leaching to water particularly in free draining soil. 2-4 rounds of S product/yr adequate in most intensive grazing settings Farming for Water EIP Teagasc Walsh Scholarship Research onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…




All set to go and the sun is shining @Teagasc Johnstown Castle open day. Come join us for a great day of solutions for the #agriculture sector. Many thanks to all our funders including Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine & Horizon Europe 🇪🇺


Thanks to Matt O'Keeffe out with Francis nolan🐄 doing a radio interview for KCLR 96FM on what farmers like Francis are doing in regards to water quality - improving soil fertility, using PU, fencing watercourses, adhering to slurry/fert buffer areas, ASSAP etc all covered





Manipulation of sward diversity is a more effective management strategy than addition of microbial inoculants in intensively managed grassland rdcu.be/dOSBG. New paper led by Israel Ikoyi as part of the MASTER IA H2020 project. Key findings 1. Generally, there was no

SoilEnvMicro Israel Ikoyi MASTER IA H2020 Delighted to be part of this study! My more general take-home from this study is that when we are being sold a product, demand evidence from independent research to show the effectiveness of the product *under field conditions*.



Article alert! Zinc in ammoniated phosphate fertilizers: Solid-phase speciation, solubility, and use of barrier coatings to enhance zinc availability doi.org/10.1002/saj2.2… da Silva et al. @RCdaSilva Fien Degryse Michael McLaughlin Waite Research Institute Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology Uni of Adelaide #OpenAccess


Delighted to share my first paper published today in the European Journal of Agronomy! We focussed on farm-gate potassium balances in a grassland-based dairy farm. Solohead Farm Teagasc Environment Depts of Land & Lab Science SETU Waterford Dr. Patrick Forrestal ImeldaCaseySETUWaterford sciencedirect.com/science/articl…


Recent meeting and visit of UCD collaborators in Multi4More to our #multi4more field site. We’re testing the relative effects of plant diversity and nitrogen fertiliser application on yield. One harvest remaining for first full year of data! 😁



Another busy week for Multi4More project with plot preparation, assessments of species composition, and plot harvesting. Also delighted to welcome Saisampath to the team!




A date for your diaries! "Our Living Soil" will take place in University College Dublin on Dec 5th, #WorldSoilDay! Expect panel discussions, presentations and posters, all about soil health, biodiversity, and many more soil related topics! Register your interest here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
