West Waterford dairy farm cuts all chemical nitrogen and saves €40k

An intensive farmer who milks 200 cows on 265 acres has saved close on €40,000 this year alone on fertiliser

Minister of State for Agriculture Pippa Hackett with dairy farmers Cam and James Foley, near Tallow in West Waterford. They used no chemical nitrogen on their grazing ground this year.

Successful dairy farming in West Waterford without chemical nitrogen on the grazing ground has been praised by Minister of State for Agriculture Pippa Hackett.

Speaking in Seanad Éireann on Europe’s fears of fertiliser shortage due to high natural gas prices, the Green Party Senator said she recognised that one swallow did not make a summer.