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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue TD and chief executive of the National Dairy Council Zoe Kavanagh at the launch of a new fact book “Irish Dairy, Sustainable Ireland”. \ Robbie Reynolds
The National Dairy Council (NDC) has published a new fact book titled 'Irish Dairy, Sustainable Ireland' as part of its work with the European Milk Forum.
The book, which is the third edition to be published in Ireland, outlines the actions being taken on Ireland's 18,000 dairy farms to improve sustainability, increase biodiversity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The main work highlighted in the publication is the more efficient use of fertiliser, grassland management, the use of low emissions slurry spreading equipment, water quality improvement and herd genomics.