December 17, 2020 11:55 am
Reducing emissions in dairy beef production is put under the spotlight in the third and final episode of the ABP podcast series Farm Matters.
The topic of reducing carbon emissions in dairy beef production, and in particular the role that beef genetics can play in sustainability, was up for discussion with host Mary Kennedy.
Contributors to the podcast sharing their knowledge and opinions of this area included: Dr. Padraig French, head of the Livestock Systems Department and Dairy Enterprise Leader at Teagasc; Dr. Andrew Cromie, geneticist and technical director at the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF); and Donal McCarthy, a dairy farmer from Clonakilty in Co. Cork.