Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Shay Phelan:

GPS technology is a key benefit farmers can avail of when they apply for TAMS. It generates a lot of live data for tillage farmers. As Dr. O'Reilly has rightly said, tillage farmers are probably the most forward-thinking farmers in the use of data and technology for sustainability. A project we are starting up is to use slurry from the dairy and pig sectors on tillage crops in the spring. This takes a lot of technology. It ticks a lot of boxes for sustainability and fertiliser requirements.

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