Climate action plan will bring changes on every farm: Creed

Increasing protected urea from 1% of the straight-N market today to 50% by 2030 is one of the details behind the all-of-government climate plan launched last Monday.

Increasing the usage of trailing shoe technology for slurry spreading from 10% to 50% by 2030, increasing the average EBI from €70 today to €230 by 2030, and doubling average afforestation rates from 5,500 ha per annum today to 10,000 ha per annum by 2030, will also be required, said the president of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society, Jerry Long.