Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion

Mr. Desmond Savage:

That is my point. The farmers do not know what animals are good and what animals are bad. They do not know if they are doing the right thing or the wrong thing in respect of methane. I refer to genetics, feed, the age of the animal, how the farm is managed and whether the cows are milked once a day or three times a day. There are a great many factors involved. If you ask farmers how much methane a given animal is emitting, they will not know. How can they improve if they do not know?

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