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Understanding Your Drinking Water Test
To ensure every household in Ireland has the cleanest drinking water possible, several parameters are included with our Standard Drinking Water Test.
To help you understand each of them, in this blog, we will write about the importance of monitoring all 12.
5 Preventable Factors Affecting Your Crop Yield
This article will help you understand four aspects that affect your crop yield and how you can do something to improve it.
How To Test Your Farm Soil in 5 Easy Steps
In this article, we will walk you through the 5 simple steps to getting your soil tested.
4 Reasons Why Soil Testing Is Important for Agricultural Purposes
Advice on soil testing can be very academic, but there’s some incredibly simple reasons why farmers should do it. In this article, we’ll break down the 4 most important reasons to get your soils tested at least once every 4-5 years.
A Helpful Carbon Sequestration FAQ For Farmers
Recently, Southern Scientific co-founder Michael Murphy discussed the future of carbon sequestration in agriculture with MTU Ag Scientist and Farmer James McCarthy. Here is a compendium of the discussion in questions and answer format.
Southern Scientific Ecologist attends Ornithology Survey Workshop
Southern Scientific Services’ ecologist Fiona Mc Auliffe attended an informative workshop run by BirdWatch Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Services in Mallow recently. The workshop focused on the annual Countryside Bird Survey (CBS) and The Irish Wetland Bird Survey (I-WeBS). The CBS was initiated in 1998 and monitors
How will Brexit Effect your Contracted Laboratory Service?
As the UK prepares to leave the EU you may be wondering how this will impact your industry. If you currently avail of contract laboratory services in the UK the effects of a no deal Brexit may have major implications on the ability of UK based laboratories to provide a
Increased Private Drinking Water Well Grant
Mr. Eoghan Murphy, T.D. Minister for the Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government has announced a new investment programme for water services in rural areas. This includes an increase to the grant available to homeowners for refurbishment works or installation of a domestic well in rural areas. The maximum
How To Test Your Farm Soil in 5 Easy Steps
In this article, we will walk you through the 5 simple steps to getting your soil tested.
Northern Ireland Soil Testing Requirements
Northern Ireland farmers will soon be required to carry out soil testing on their land prior to using chemical phosphorus-rich manures and phosphorus fertilisers. This requirement will take effect from 1 January 2020 under the Nutrient Action Programme 2019-2022. Farmers receiving the Basic Payment Scheme must comply with soil testing
Cation Exchange Capacity: The Forgotten Test of Irish Soil Analysis
The Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) of a soil is an intrinsic property of the soil. It determines the soils ability to move nutrients from the soil particles to the soil solution where it is readily available for plant uptake. Knowing your soil’s CEC is invaluable when determining your soils fertiliser
