Mr. T.J. Flanagan:

When we were talking about knowledge sharing, it was a combination of the mainstream advisory services, State or private, and more innovative, collaborative structures, joint programmes between co-ops, State agencies and Teagasc etc. In the previous presentation, Teagasc set out the steps available for us in terms of mitigation or abatement. We have a roadmap but it is about communicating these steps clearly to farmers.

One thing that should be pursued is milk recording. Less than half the farmers in the country are milk recording. It is a logical thing to do because it improves their efficiencies in so many ways but we need to work a little better to spread the message that this technology should be adopted and farmers can increase their productivity while reducing their emissions.