The impact of the grazing animal on phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium and suspended solids loss from grazed pastures, Part A

Tunney, Hubert; Kurz, Isabelle; Bourke, David; O'Reilly, Colin; Jeffrey, D.W.; Dowding, P.; Foy, B.; Kilpatrick, D.J.; Haygarth, P.

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The impact of the grazing animal on phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium and suspended solids loss from grazed pastures, Part A

Tunney, Hubert; Kurz, Isabelle; Bourke, David; O'Reilly, Colin; Jeffrey, D.W.; Dowding, P.; Foy, B.; Kilpatrick, D.J.; Haygarth, P.

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Phosphorus loss, Soil hydrology, Nutrient losses, Chemical fertilizer use, Overland flow, Grassland systems

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01/06/2007

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Tunney, H., Kurz, I., Bourke, D., The impact of the grazing animal on phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium and suspended solids loss from grazed pastures, Part A, 5022a, Teagasc, 2007.

Abstract

In Ireland 90% of the 4.2 million ha of farmland is grassland. Phosphorus deficiency limited grassland production in Ireland and this was corrected by chemical fertiliser use in the 1960s and 1970s. The increased inputs of fertilisers led to increased intensification of grassland with a doubling of grass yield and of grazing animal numbers, from about 3 million to over 6 million livestock units. There is little information on relative contribution of increased chemical fertiliser use compared to increased grazing animal numbers on phosphorus loss to water. The main objective of this study was to obtain information on nutrient loss, particularly phosphorus, in overland flow from cut and grazed grassland plots, with a range of soil test phosphorus levels over three years and implications.

The impact of the grazing animal on phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium and suspended solids loss from grazed pastures, Part A

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