Award details

To identify and evaluate grassland management systems based on low inputs of fertiliser utilisation of slurry.

Reference	BBS/E/G/00004037
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr B Pain
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Inst of Grassland and Environmental Res
Department	Inst of Grassland and Environmental Res Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	47,644
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	30/04/1997
Duration	1 months

Abstract

The objective is to identify and assess grassland management systems in both environmental and production terms. Grassland systems with different nitrogen fertilizer and slurry management are represented by 1 ha farmlets which are cut for silage and grazed by beef cattle. Managements include the use of current fertilizer recommendations and surface applied slurry, tactical nitrogen fertilizer usage, grass/white clover swards, and shallow injection of slurry and incorporation of a nitrification inhibitor. Measurements are made of herbage and animal production, nitrogen transfers and removal so that surpluses per unit area and per unit of animal production can be calculated.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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