FARMING POLL 2015: Despite global warming, three out of four unwilling to cut back

Having escaped one straitjacket in the form of milk quota, Irish farmers seem determined not to be strapped into another one — carbon-constraints.

In the 2015 Irish Examiner ICMSA farming survey, only 85 farmers out of 569 said they should cut back their production in order to reduce global warming.

Asked if Irish farmers should reduce production as part of the national effort to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which cause global warming, the majority (51%) disagreed strongly, and 24% slightly disagreed.