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Dairy farmers making significant reduction of emissions but cow population rises
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Dairy farmers making significant reduction of emissions but cow population rises
Significant mission efficiencies are being made by Ireland’s dairy farmers, with lower greenhouse gases generated, a new study has revealed. However the 2020 Sustainability report by Teagasc also warned that these efficiencies are being cancelled out by a rising dairy cow population. Dr Cathal Buckley, author of Teagasc’s Rural Economy and Development Programme said: “There is a sustainability paradox when results are examined by farm system.  “Dairy farms have a…