Dairy
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that a reduction scheme for dairy cows is "off the table".
Minister McConalogue has said that there is no allocation in his department's budget for next year to implement a dairy exit scheme.
The IFA has claimed that a dairy exit scheme would restrict the growth of dairy farms that are not in the scheme.
The ICMSA has said that it will consider a voluntary scheme to reduce dairy cow numbers as long as three "red line" conditions are met.
Dairy Industry Ireland (DII), the body that represents dairy processors, has said it cannot support a dairy exit scheme.
ICOS has confirmed that it is opposed to a scheme for farmers to exit the dairy sector and reduce the number of dairy cows in the country.
A possible scheme to reduce the number of dairy cows in the country has been slammed by the former president of Macra, Thomas Duffy.
Agri-Business
A Fianna Fáil MEP has sounded a note of caution about a proposed scheme to reduce dairy cows numbers by paying farmers to exit the industry
The president of Macra has said that she is "astounded" at the prospect of reducing the number of dairy cows in the country.
Stakeholders have received a consultation document allowing them to provide their views on a cow reduction scheme for the dairy sector.
A scheme to reduce the number of cows by paying farmers to exit dairy would "herald the beginning of the end for family farms".
A consultation process on a potential scheme for dairy farmers to exit the sector is set to get underway soon.
The delay in details on the proposed dairy reduction scheme is "playing with the futures" of farm families, according to the ICMSA.
Dairy News
Speaking to Agriland, Conor Mulvihill from DII believes that achieving the agricultural emissions targets will be difficult, but achievable.
Clear funding and policy mechanisms are needed to for agricultural sector to achieve emission targets according to DII.
The IFA said the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue should not progress with the current Food Vision reports.
Environment
The former CEO of Dairygold has said that water quality is one of the most important issues for the agriculture sector to address.
There is an "unbridgeable credibility gap” in the government's agri-climate policy, the president of the ICMSA has said.
There will be no climate measure or policy forced upon our farm families, nobody will be corralled those where the words of minister McConalogue.
Rural Life
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Food Vision strategies won't be achieved without proper funding and a clear pathway, which the Dairy Beef Scheme does not have, said Arthur.
