Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Biomethane Renewable Gas: Discussion
Mr. Matthew Macken:
Yes, a fantastic response because it is in a more available form. It is in a very plant-friendly form. Typically, in years gone by one might go over the limit, especially in an arable setting, with chemical fertiliser and it will literally drive the crop until it gets sick if one has overdone it but with digestate, the crop takes it up as it needs it and it is in a more readily available form. One tends to have more fibrous, stronger, cleaner and healthier growth results. We have matched, if not surpassed, results that we have had using chemical fertiliser by just using digestate, both liquid and dried.
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