NT26 Urea vs AN Research
NT26 Research Programme
"Best Option for the environment and farming remains AN, says fertiliser research"
Title of DEFRA press release - 4th October 2006
The main objective of the NT26 Research Programme was to assess the impacts of possible changes in the use of fertiliser-N products on UK agriculture and the consequential impacts on the environment.
The NT26 research investigated the behaviour and impacts of urea-based fertilisers compared to AN-based nitrogen fertilisers, including:
- Ammonia emissions to the atmosphere and their mitigation
- Nitrous oxide emissions to the atmosphere
- Nitrogen losses to water
- Crop responses
- In-field spreading of fertilisers
- Scenario testing
In October 2006 the findings of the research were published on DEFRA's website.
The work is a collection of papers reporting on the work but the main findings were collated into an executive summary:
NT26 Executive Summary
(39kb)
We have also collected the some of the detail of the research results:
DEFRA Urea vs AN data
(473kb)
To view the original documents visit DEFRA's website and carry out a document search for NT26:
Click HERE or on the logo.
None of the work in the programme was sponsored by GrowHow or other manufacturers.
