Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
I am a soil scientist and currently involved as a grassland researcher at the SRUC Dairy and Innovation Centre investigating methods to improve grass and forage yields through improved soil health. My current main areas of interest are:
- Maintaining and improving soil quality
- Developing management tools to aid improved soil quality
- Use of precision and novel methods to improve grassland yield through reduction of soil physical damage - Controlled traffic
- Inclusion of legumes as mixtures and in rotations to enhance soil quality and for a more resilient protein source
- Greenhouse gas emissions from grassland and forages
- Use of laser methane detector to monitor emissions from livestock
Projects
2016-2021 RESAS Research Programme WP 2.3.4 Controlled traffic farming in grassland
2016-2021 RESAS Research Programme WP 2.3.6 Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms
2016-2021 RESAS Research Programme WP 2.3.8 Sustainable agriculture KE events
2017-2022 EU Dairy 4 Future - Propagating innovations for more resilient dairy farming in the Atlantic area
2019-2022 EU Climate Smart Cattle Farming: Development of novel technologies, solutions and systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in animal production systems
2019-2021 CREW Pathways of Diffuse Pollution to the Water Environment; state of knowledge and communicating best practice
2017-2021 AHDB Soils Programme Research Partnership: Management for Soil Biology and Health
Supervision
- PhD Supervision of investigating soil compaction and nitrification inhibitor on soil microbiology
- At least one undergraduate honours project annually
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Soil acoustics and biodiversity
Newbold, J. (PI) & Hargreaves, P. (CoI)
1/08/24 → 31/01/26
Project: Research
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FLMS: Albasense: Development of a sensor system for farm level recording of methane emissions
Hargreaves, P. (PI), Barraclough, R. (CoI) & McCubbin, I. (Technician)
1/10/23 → 28/02/25
Project: Research
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INTERCROPS: Developing Intercropping for agrifood Value chains and Ecosystem Services delivery in Europe and Southern countries
Watson, C. (PI), Topp, K. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI) & Hargreaves, P. (CoI)
1/11/22 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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Biochar Additions to Grassland and Arable crops
Hargreaves, P. (PI) & Dewhurst, R. (CoI)
17/05/22 → 31/01/25
Project: Commercial
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RESAS 22-27: Jhi-d3-1 Healthy Soils For A Green Recovery
Watson, C. (PI), Parker, J. (CoI), Bagnall, A. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI), Fraser, F. (CoI), Holden, N. (CoI) & Boyko, R. (CoI)
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Transition to legume-supported farming in Europe through redesigning cropping systems
Notz, I., Topp, C., Schuler, J., Alves, S., Gallardo, L., Dauber, J., Haase, T., Hargreaves, P., Hennessy, M., Iantcheva, A., Jeanneret, P., Kay, S., Recknagel, J., Ritter, L., Vasiljević, M., Watson, C. & Reckling, M., 17 Jan 2023, (First published) In: Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 43, 12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A state of knowledge overview of identified pathways of diffuse pollutants to the water environment
Cloy, J., Lilly, A., Hargreaves, P., Gagkas, Z., Dolan, S., Baggaley, N. J., Stutter, M., Crooks, B., Elrick, G. & McKenzie, B., 31 Jan 2022, Centre of Expertise for Waters. 96 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research report › peer-review
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Measurement Duration but Not Distance, Angle, and Neighbour-Proximity Affects Precision in Enteric Methane Emissions when Using the Laser Methane Detector Technique in Lactating Dairy Cows
Bore, R., Bruder, T., Jabri El, M., March, M., Hargreaves, P., Rouille, B., Dewhurst, R. & Chagunda, M. G. G., 18 May 2022, (First published) In: Animals. 12, 10, 9 p., 1295.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Agricultural soils: A sink or source of methane across the British Isles?
Cowan, N. J., Maire, J., Krol, D., Cloy, J., Hargreaves, P., Murphy, R., Carswell, A., Jones, S., Hinton, N., Anderson, M., Famulari, D., Bell, M., Stack, P., Levy, P., Skiba, U. & Drewer, J., Jul 2021, In: European Journal of Soil Science. 72, 4, p. 1842-1862 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing soil health indicators for improved soil management on farm
Stockdale, E., Hargreaves, P. & Bhogal, A., 22 Jun 2021, Advances in Measuring Soil Health. Otten, W. (ed.). Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, (Burleigh Dodds in Agricultural Science).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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