Carbon budget
Barry Murphy on 18 Jan 2022
Department ‘focusing strongly’ on fertiliser use to cut emissions
A Department official has suggested a nitrous oxide reduction target for agriculture for the first half of the current carbon budget.
Barry Murphy on 11 Jan 2022
Farmers will cull cows if there are incentives – Teagasc
Teagasc’s Dr Kevin Hanrahan sees Irish farmers responding to what he described as implicit taxes, which he says will affect how and what they farm.
Barry Murphy on 22 Dec 2021
Opportunity for farmers to have their say on carbon budgets
Farmers are encouraged to provide feedback on the carbon budget letter and report from the Climate Change Advisory Council.
Amy Forde on 04 Nov 2021
Emissions cut of 22% to 30% confirmed for farming by 2030
Over 60 actions were announced for the agriculture sector to cut emissions by 2030 under the Climate Action Plan.
Pat O'Toole on 03 Nov 2021
Farm leaders have their say on the CCAC and KPMG reports
A week on, with a chance to digest the CCAC report, and the KPMG report commissioned by the Irish Farmers Journal, what do the various farm leaders make of where we are?
Barry Murphy on 03 Nov 2021
Climate targets: politicians have their say
Marian Harkin TD says there is an ‘essential difference between food production and drilling and consuming oil’ and this is a ‘real issue in how emissions are counted’.
Caoimhe Harney on 02 Nov 2021
‘Tillage farmers should be eligible for Origin Green’ - IGG
Bord Bia must recognise the carbon credentials of Irish grown feed, to help win the battle of climate change, according to Irish Grain Growers group.
Barry Murphy on 01 Nov 2021
Dairy expansion ‘not a mistake’ – Donohoe
Finance Minister criticises tone and message of Sinn Féin on farm carbon emissions and says it undermines ability to make the case for “all that is positive for transitioning to a low-carbon future”.
Tommy Moyles on 29 Oct 2021
Budgets and burdizzos feature at Kanturk CAP meeting
Speaking in Kanturk Mart on his CAP consultation tour, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue told farmers he was keen to see targets that can enable emissions reductions while seeing a rise in farm incomes.
Farmers Journal on 28 Oct 2021
In full: the KPMG economic impact report on cutting emissions on farming
Read the full Irish Farmers Journal-commissioned KPMG report on the economic impact of cutting emissions on Irish agriculture.
Anne Finnegan on 27 Oct 2021
Carbon targets: 56,400 rural jobs on the line
The stark figures are included in a KPMG analysis, commissioned by the Irish Farmers Journal, of cuts in emissions. Anne Finnegan and Phelim O'Neill report.
Caitríona Morrissey on 27 Oct 2021
Herd cuts and job losses inevitable under carbon targets
The Climate Change Advisory Council has issued its recommendation on carbon budgets to the Government, but the devil is in the detail for farming.
Justin McCarthy on 27 Oct 2021
Editorial: CAP must not be used to engineer reduction in cattle numbers
An emission reduction target of 30% will force a 20-25% decline in cattle numbers, reduce farm incomes by 30%, lead to 50,000 job loses and cost the rural economy €4bn
Rachel Donovan on 27 Oct 2021
Young farmers must have input on their future – Macra
Macra president said that young farmers must be front and centre in all agriculture carbon budget conversations.
Caoimhe Harney on 27 Oct 2021
INHFA takes umbrage with climate budgets
The INHFA president has highlighted issues with the report issued by the Climate Change Advisory Council on carbon budgets to 2030.
Siobhán Walsh on 27 Oct 2021
Methane being treated the same as other greenhouse gases in budgets
The relatively new GWP* metric takes account of the fact that methane is short-lived in the atmosphere.
Contributor on 26 Oct 2021
Herd cuts proposed in carbon budgets are ‘crude’ – Heydon
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Martin Heydon says farmers are very much part of the solution and not the problem when it comes to climate change. Barry Murphy reports.
Caoimhe Harney on 26 Oct 2021
'Green dictatorship' will lead to ‘rural revolution’ – TD
Independent TD Carol Nolan says the Climate Change Advisory Council's proposals will create a rural version of the water protests.
Phelim O'Neill on 26 Oct 2021
Carbon budgets: 175,000ha of peatland and grassland to be rewetted
A planned trebling of forestry plantation area and rewetting grasslands and peatlands will change the face of the landscape in some areas.