Agricultural science conference
John Grogan, president of the Agricultural Science Association, whose annual conference opened in the city, where it continues today, said this is a critical challenge for the profession and it must be grasped with full vigour.
"We must move on from the form-filling era," he said, explaining that the conference theme, "Freedom to Farm Ireland's Opportunity," evolved from the fact that decoupling is now a reality and WTO negotiations have reached a critical point.