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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Optimising the plasma treatment of slurry
Newbold, J. (PI) & Hargreaves, P. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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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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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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RESAS 22-27: SRUC-c2-1 Agriculture Climate And Carbon
Roehe, R. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Jones, S. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), March, M. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Holland, J. (CoI), Miller, G. (CoI), Houdijk, J. (CoI), Newbold, J. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI), Topp, K. (PI), Fox, N. (CoI) & Boyko, R. (CoI)
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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RESAS 22-27: Jhi-d3-1 Healthy Soils For A Green Recovery
Watson, C. (PI), 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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Controlling Soil Compaction in Grasslands through Controlled Traffic Farming
Hargreaves, P., 31 Jul 2025, (First published) In: CABI Soil Science Cases. sscs20250003.Research output: Contribution to journal › Report/ Case Report › peer-review
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Do establishment of multispecies swards affect nitrous oxide and methane emissions and promote soil health?
Hargreaves, P. & Rees, R., 1 May 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 975, 12 p., 179091.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of Mechanical Alleviation of Soil Compaction on Grassland Yields, Soil Structure and Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Hargreaves, P., Baker, K., Graceson, A., Ball, B. & Cloy, J., 18 Mar 2025, Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Health. Baggs, E. & Hatano, R. (eds.). Springer, p. 117–137 20 p. 7Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Effect of multispecies swards on ruminal fermentation, methane emission and potential for climate care cattle farming − an in vitro study
M U, H., Sidoruk, P., Lechniak, D., Szumacher-Strabel, M., Bocianowski, J., Slusarczyk, S., Hargreaves, P., Ruska, D., Dorbe, A., Kreismane, D., Klumpp, K., Bloor, J., Rees, R., Kuipers, A., Galama, P., Váradyová, Z., Cobanová, K. & Cieslak, A., 10 Jan 2025, In: Animal. 19, 1, p. 101386 11 p., 101386.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)5 Downloads (Pure) -
A synthesis of evidence on the implications of applying lime on agricultural soils in a Scottish context
Hargreaves, P., Jones, S. & Boyko, R., 5 Jul 2024, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 54 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report
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