Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 31 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

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

Mr. John Dolan:

We estimate 10% on the physical spreading and the 5% is made up by targeted nutrients - where they should go in the field. To start off simply, we will not adapt into this the full amount of technology that tillage farmers use because they have vast areas of land for doing it. Our idea is for a farmer to spread a different rate on each field or paddock and over the course of a year or year and a half, if one paddock is not performing, do an in-depth analysis of that, eventually bringing the farm up to a higher standard. The farmer will increase production, and do it sustainably.