Welcome to Johnstown
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Johnstown has a proven record for more than 40 years as a major research centre of international status.
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Johnstown Castle is Ireland’s leading research centre for soils and the rural environment. The centre conducts research on soils; nutrient efficiency; recovery and losses; air and water quality; the agricultural environment and agro-ecology. The research results generated are used widely by advisors, farmers, scientists and policy makers. Johnstown Castle has state-of-the-art laboratory facilities in order to support the research programme with soil, water, plant, air and microbiological analyses. The laboratories maintain a key interest in the national soil fertility status and are heavily involved in all aspects of soils and crop nutrition. |
