Beef and dairy farmers are being pushed into reducing cattle numbers or quitting livestock production completely by the latest Climate Action Plan.
The Government’s action plan for 2023 and beyond includes the dairy and suckler cow cull schemes recommended by the Food Vision reports, but without any detail of the compensation packages needed to fund them.
New incentives – but with no financial detail attached – are planned to draw farmers into alternative farm enterprises.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said farmers need “clear direction, good advice and adequate financial incentives” to combat climate change.
“There will be no coercion or compulsion,” he added.
The Taoiseach said: “The Government won’t be culling anyone’s cows,” adding that it was about putting a very attractive diversification plan in place for organics, forestry, tillage and biogas.
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Beef and dairy farmers are being pushed into reducing cattle numbers or quitting livestock production completely by the latest Climate Action Plan.
The Government’s action plan for 2023 and beyond includes the dairy and suckler cow cull schemes recommended by the Food Vision reports, but without any detail of the compensation packages needed to fund them.
New incentives – but with no financial detail attached – are planned to draw farmers into alternative farm enterprises.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said farmers need “clear direction, good advice and adequate financial incentives” to combat climate change.
“There will be no coercion or compulsion,” he added.
The Taoiseach said: “The Government won’t be culling anyone’s cows,” adding that it was about putting a very attractive diversification plan in place for organics, forestry, tillage and biogas.
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