Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them.
The Irish Government's plan to cut agriculture emissions by 25% by 2030 could drive many farms into bankruptcy.
Like in New Zealand, the biggest contributor to emissions in Ireland is agriculture. Ireland's 135,000 farms produce 37.5% of national emissions, the highest proportion in the European Union.
Cutting emissions by a quarter will drive many farms into bankruptcy and could force the culling of hundreds of thousands of cows, farmers claim.
In the Netherlands, a similar move by the Governmnet has seen nationwide protests by farmers. Irish farmers could soon be taking to the streets too.
