€10m Soil Sampling and Analysis programme launched by department

‘Knowledge on soils will increase economic and environmental sustainability’
€10m Soil Sampling and Analysis programme launched by department

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett lauched a new Soil Sampling and Analysis programme that will play an important role in the future of farming in Ireland. File Picture.

A €10m pilot Soil Sampling and Analysis programme has been launched by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

The initiative is aimed at putting soil carbon, soil health, and fertility at the very centre of the country’s future agricultural model.

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