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Urea can be used all the season to help soil fertility on grassland farms

The decline in soil fertility on grassland farms was highlighted recently at the Teagasc National Soil Fertility Conference.

Urea can be used all the season to help soil fertility on grassland farms

Thu, 21 Jan, 2016 - 00:00

Anthony O’Connor, Teagasc Advisory

Some of the key points that were raised include:

* 65 to 70% of dairy and drystock grassland soils are below the optimum soil pH of 6.3 for grass production.

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