Nutrient calculator wheel will help guard topsoil quality and crop yield

A nutrient calculator wheel has been launched by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine Simon Coveney.

The nutrient wheel was produced by the Fertilizer Association of Ireland, in association with Teagasc, and K+S UK & Eire Ltd.

The nutrient wheel is a field-ready reckoner for estimating the phosphorus and potassium off-takes from grassland and tillage crops in Ireland. It consists of an easy-to-use wheel that shows the estimated off-take of phosphorus and potassium based on simple input values of stocking rate, concentrate feed usage, and crop yield. It also includes useful field notes on soil test results and fertility levels, organic manures, lime, sulphur, and magnesium.