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No farmer wants to pollute a waterway or well water under their land that their family or neighbours are drinking and improving nitrogen use efficiency on your farm will reduce nitrogen losses to water. In this short clip, Dr. David Wall goes through what you can do to prevent this such as soil testing and developing a nutrient management plan with your advisor; monitoring soil temperature (5.5 degrees C or above and climbing); ensuring heavy or prolonged rain is not forecast when spreading fertiliser/slurry and not spreading if machine is tracking ground; adhering to buffer zones; using LESS; using grass-clover systems and calibrating your fertiliser spreader. See more at www.teagasc.ie/waterqualityweek
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