Getting our most valuable sector through historic transition

"We have to assume that we will protect dairy, the sector that earns Ireland the most," says the leader of the ICMSA

The Irish dairy family farm has evolved into a 'Best in Class' model for others to follow," says Pat McCormack, president, ICMSA, pictured on the farm in Co Tipperary. Pictures: Denis Minihane

Pat McCormack, president of ICMSA, explains the central role that family farms will play in delivering Ireland's climate change ambitions. 

The question is how to manage dairy through the current transition in a way that retains and grows its economic and social capacity while meeting its environmental targets.