Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 31 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 (Resumed)

Photo of Tim LombardTim Lombard (Fine Gael)
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I compliment the speakers on their presentation. I used a similar system at home a few weeks ago. It is quite amazing how technology and GPS has changed how we spread fertiliser. The contractor did an amazing job.

We are discussing how PastureBase, this Teagasc app we have for measuring grass, can be tied in to this entire technology. There is the soil sampling side of it, the technology around where it is going to be spread and how it will be worked in, and there is the production side, and PastureBase is a unique app for measuring grass. How can all those dots be joined together for an holistic approach from what is being spread to what is being produced? Can all that be tied in to the product?