Three-quarters of the Nitrogen put into Irish soils is not utilised, costing farmers millions and damaging the environment – but there are ways to cut the losses

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Three-quarters of the Nitrogen put into Irish soils is not utilised, costing farmers millions and damaging the environment – but there are ways to cut the losses

Posted by The Analyst | February 9, 2020 | Farming

It might make for unpleasant reading, but millions of euro worth of nitrogen is being wasted on Irish farms each year.

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