{"id":1333494,"date":"2024-06-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1333494"},"modified":"2024-06-20T13:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:46:37","slug":"land-in-wexford-had-nearly-double-its-yearly-p-loss-after-day-of-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/land-in-wexford-had-nearly-double-its-yearly-p-loss-after-day-of-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Land in Wexford had nearly double its yearly P loss after day of rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Nearly double the annual phosphorous (P) loss on an area of land in Co. Wexford occurred after one night of rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On May 21 this year, David Ryan of the Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP) detailed that there were very localised torrential downpours in Co. Wexford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that one such shower occurred in Castledockrell, Co. Wexford, which is one of six areas in the country being closely monitored by Teagasc\u2019s ACP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The catchment area of 1,200ha has numerous pieces of automated equipment that continuously monitor rainfall, river flow and nutrient content, and there is now over 15 years of data collected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n