I WISH to correct a number of erroneous statements attributed to Senator Paudie Coffey throughout the article headlined “Oak forests at risk from ‘killer tree fungus’ ” (August 25).

IRELAND’s reputation for low-carbon farming should be harnessed to ensure that the authorities governing global agriculture promote Irish food production while capping outputs from less efficient regions, business leaders heard at a Teagasc conference at Dublin’s Mansion House yesterday.

THE Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must be re-shaped in order to diversify and build a truly resilient rural economy.

GREENHOUSE gas emissions from agriculture have fallen in recent years, a seminar hosted by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DAFF) was told in Backweston, Co Kildare, yesterday.

METHODS must be found to safeguard the employment of 100 agricultural graduates involved in the Teagasc Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) planning service, the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) declared yesterday.

A PASSING wild bird may have been the source of the new cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu found in three dead swans in Dorset, England.

A DECISION by the Government to transfer key functions for the fishing industry to the newly named Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has been welcomed by the seafood sector.