Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I welcome the witnesses. I want to hear about a few elements of the trials Dolan Industries has done. They are talking about water quality all the time. Am I correct in saying the machine can be programmed on the USB once the soil sampling is done? Is the soil sampling just done once or is it every few years? My understanding is it can be programmed through the USB stick so that where there is a risk of flood or water, you can stop to save that area from spreading anything. So far in all the trials, what has been the saving for farmers? Say a farmer buys 0-7-30, 10-10-20 or whatever fertiliser every year. What has been the saving from knowing what is required in the fields based on what the witnesses have trialled so far, percentage-wise or whatever?