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The Environmental Challenge for IrishDairy-
A Common Proposal
NationalDairy SustainabilityInitiative
6 April 2017
Overview - Current Positions
National economic development – international market growth agriculture
Food Wise 2025, Origin Green
EU, Dept of HPCLG and LG- the Water Framework Directive –Nitrates Dgtn
EPA – Report on the State of the Env - Evidence Base - Catchments.ie
Dept of Agriculture/Teagasc ACP Programme
Teagasc Nutrient Management Planning
Teagasc Soil Fertility Improvement
Proposal for an integrating framework – all positions
Food Wise 2025 – Market Growth• Strong focus on Sustainability in Food Wise 2025,
recognition of significant challenges of agri-expansionin meeting national and international targets for airquality, bio-diversity and water quality.
• Strategies outlined to address and surpass significantchallenges for air quality, bio-diversity and waterquality, if economic gains to be achieved.
• Identification of need for significant effort –recognition that environmental sustainability andeconomic sustainability are complementary – scientificevidence based data to underpin Origin Green
• Ambition for Ireland to be world leader in sustainableagriculture as a differentiating market growth strategy
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Expenditure 2000-2014 € billion
Context: River Water Quality, past, now, future?
Urban Waste Water
REPS Water
Farm Buildings
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€8bn for 5% improvement. Needs a new approachChallenging in the context of FH2020/Food Wise2025 strategies,
increasing population and implications of climate change.
NITRATES TIMELINE
It is possible that there will be conditionality to any nitrates derogation continuance in the light ofagri-expansion
EPA believes that the continuance of the derogation will be at risk if water quality objectives arenot being met and if trends are downward – problems in Netherlands, Denmark and UK
The Env reps of Member States will vote/decide by qualified majority
Some four meetings will take place at which Ireland will makes its case to the Env Ctte
Dept of HPCLG and Dept of Agriculture will make a case for the continuance of the existingderogation - public consultation re Nitrates Action Prog Q1/Q2 2017
By end 2017, the Environment Committee (Member States representatives) at DG Environment inthe EU Commission will adjudicate on Ireland’s application for a nitrates derogation
Dairy Sustainability Initiative
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• Recognizing that environmental sustainability and economicsustainability are complementary
2• First Industry sustainability initiative involving Whole of
Government and Whole of Sector
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• Address: Water, Soil & Air quality, Climate change targets on amulti annual basis to achieve Food Wise Sustainability objectives
Overview - Dairy SustainabilityInitiative - an Integrating Framework
Pro-active partnership, Collaborative, Whole of Sector, Whole of Govt, Industry ledworking with all stakeholders to address and seek to improve soil fertility/ nutrientmanagement planning/water quality/climate change/clean air/ bio-diversity over a5/6 year period.
National Dairy Sustainability Forum , Technical Working Group and Farm PilotsGroup to develop and implement the Integrating Framework.
Phase 1 being implemented – focus on water quality, climate change and ecology.
Phase 1 – promotion of on farm best practice by the Co-ops on NMP and on bestfarmyard practice and implementation farm pilots by six Co-ops with Teagasc.
Later phases with greater focus on Climate Change, Clean air and Bio-diversity.
Overview - Dairy SustainabilityInitiative – an Integrating Framework
Dairy Sector Participation in New River BasinNational Mgt Structures, launched Feb 2017
Roll out by Co-ops of learnings from pilots on aphased basis.
On-going evaluation of learnings.
Supporting Water Framework Directive,Climate Change, Bio-Diversity and Clean Air.
Supporting Food Wise, evolution/developmentof Origin Green.
Dairy Sustainability SectoralWorking Group(Monthly Meetings)
IFAICMSAMacraICOS
IDIA and 6 Co-opsDAFM
DHCPLGEPA
TeagascBord Bia, NDC,
Local Authorities
IFAICMSAMacraICOSIDIA
TeagascBord Bia
DAFMAurivo,Carbery,Dairygold,Glanbia, Ornua, Lakeland,
Kerry, NDC
Dairy SustainabilityForum
(4 meetings a year)
Promotion - Soil Nutrient Management Planning/Soil FertilityImprovement
Promotion – Best Practice Farm Yard Waste Water
30 Pilot Farms x 6 IDIA Companies –learnings from Teagascprogrammes -underway
Funding of €1.6m for a 5 year programme being sought
Climate change strategy being prepared
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Index 1 Index 2 Index 3 Index 4
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Proportion of soils from Dairy Farms in 2015in each Soil P Index
Tipperary Dairy Farms (n = 1734 soil samples)
Source; Teagasc, Wall,D.P. 2016
Soil P fertility: Very Low Low Optimum High
Economics and Finances
• Dr D Wall of Teagasc estimates that there aresignificant financial/productivity benefits with agrassland soil fertility improvement/nutrientmanagement planning programme.
• Economics are compelling – boost grass drymatter production, reduction in fertiliser use,reduction in use of meal/concentrates, boostprofitability.
• Nutrients to where needed in soil – not to water.
Content by Ger Shortle and Teagasc team
Best Practice Farm Yard Waste Water- Content agreed by WorkingGroup and DSF
Best Practice Messaging – Content agreed Working Group andDSF
Communication and Promotion
Integration with NMP
Approach agreed
30 Pilot Farms x 6 IDIA Companies –learnings from Teagascprogrammes
Aurivo, Carbery, Dairygold, Glanbia, Lakeland, Kerry
Significant undertaking
Underway