Dairy Technical
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Multi-species swards have the ability to grow 11t of dry matter (DM) with no chemical nitrogen, but have they a role on Irish farms?
Environment
"We need to have a serious debate about all aspects of methane," Minister Charlie McConalogue said, speaking in the Seanad this afternoon.
Dairy
Minister McConalogue gave little away when the subject of capping herds was mentioned regarding the "significant expansion" of Irish dairy.
Agri Politics
The climate action roadmap for the agricultural sector, Ag Climatise, is based on "the premise of a stable herd", Minister McConalogue says.
The department is currently working with Teagasc to facilitate grass production recording on heavily stocked farms, Minister McConalogue says.
Further incentives to encourage the take-up of LESS equipment are "very much on the table", according to Minister McConalogue.
The president of the Irish Farmers' Assocation (IFA) Tim Cullinan has responded to the publication of a national climate and air roadmap.
The national climate roadmap for agriculture has been welcomed by Dairy Industry Ireland but it added the plan would require proper support.
The ICMSA has said that the broad outlines of the ‘Roadmap towards Climate Neutrality’ were "well advertised".
The current area under organic production in Ireland is to be increased to 350,000ha by 2030, according to the Department of Agriculture.
A "pilot scheme in relation to on-farm carbon trading to reward farmers for public goods" is in the pipeline as an action under Ag Climatise.
An action to reduce the management intensity of 40,000ha of peat-based agricultural soils has been included in the Ag Climatise roadmap.
Animal feed will play a key role in helping the Irish agricultural sector to reduce its emissions, according to the ‘Ag Climatise’ roadmap.
Grass production on all farms above 100 livestock units (LU) will be recorded, according to targets under the climate roadmap for agriculture.
Emission reduction through animal breeding has been earmarked under the national climate roadmap for agriculture, entitled 'Ag Climatise'.
