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| Written by Cian MacSweeny | |
| Saturday, 15 November 2008 | |
 In a speech at the Partnership for change Climate change forum, the IFA Munster Vice President said; “technological advances in dairy production have led to a 12.4% reduction in the amount of methane produced per kg of milk between 1990 and 2006. In addition a 29% increase in the amount of cattle sold early for consumption has resulted in further GHG emissions decline.” The IFA say that emissions from agriculture have decreased by 1.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent since 1990. Also a 35 per cent drop in nitrogen has provided significant reduction, accounting for 0.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.      |