McGuinness defends role of agriculture in climate change

SUSTAINABLE livestock production is an opportunity, not a threat, according to Mairead McGuinness, Ireland East member of the European Parliament.

She told a Rome conference that climate change is often feared, because of the way agriculture has been targeted and attacked, unjustifiably

“The voices of critics of agriculture, and the livestock sector in particular, are loud, repetitive and their message is simplistic.