Dr. Patrick Forrestal

A date for your diaries! "Our Living Soil" will take place in @ucddublin 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…

🔬 Don’t miss our Oct 29 webinar at 10:30 AM CEST on processing technologies. Learn about cutting-edge solutions for sustainable farming. Register now: nutri-know.eu/nutri-know-web…

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

Soil sampling after a successful harvest on the 6th of September at my rotations trial site in Arklow, Co. Wicklow investigating a range of bio-based fertilisers #teagasc #irishresearch #agriculture

A great day for the countryside. Glad for a bit of nice snap of harvest weather. 1530 getting it done again this year, somewhere around her 50th harvest.

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! 😁

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. @SoloheadFarm1 @TeagascEnviron @DeptOfSciSETU @ForrestalPJ @ImeldaAnneCasey sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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 @MJMCLAUS @waiteresearch @UofA_SET @UniofAdelaide #OpenAccess

The RENURE Operational Group aims to extract ammonium salts from manure as a substitute for chemical fertilisers. Field trials have shown promising results. Learn more about this group here: nutri-know.eu/operational-gr… #NutrientNurturers

@Soilmicrobio @IsraelIkoyi @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*.

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 @IsraelIkoyi as part of the @MASTER_IA_H2020 project. Key findings 1. Generally, there was no

Hello sustainable fertilisers! SOS_AQUAE is promoting eco-friendly farming practices by harnessing renewable fertilisers from slurry and digestate treatment. Learn more about this group here: nutri-know.eu/operational-gr… #NutrientNurturers

Just about to kick off at the @teagasc Ballyhaise open day. Weather is playing ball, well worth the visit with plenty to see. @TeagascEnviron.

@donalkinsella12 @novafert

Delighted to share findings from the #novafert lighthouse demonstration site to a large farmer audience focusing on the practical side of alternative fertiliser use including cost, application strategies and mineral fertiliser replacement values at the #teagasc JC open day

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 @agriculture_ie & @HorizonEU

Open Day free event @teagasc Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford. Tuesday 16th July 10am-3pm Looking forward, with the team, to talking all things #soil nutrient supply and #SoilHealth, production and tools for environmental loss mitigation Come join us teagasc.ie/news--events/n…

🗓️The #ESNI Conference will be back in Brussels on 18-19 September 2024! What to expect from this edition? ✅high-quality talks on #nutrient #recycling ✅9 parallel sessions ✅ great #networking opportunities ✅poster session Register now➡️bit.ly/3zrMxLS

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 @FarmingforWater @Teagasc Walsh Scholarship Research onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

What's possible in the #bioeconomy? Great eg @GreenGenIreland 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 @bbionets_eu