An Irish dairy researcher says despite admiring New Zealand’s dairy industry he has concerns about it.

An Irish farm systems researcher says any solutions that scientists come up with to solve problems must be simple and not create other problems.

Peer to peer is the best way to get farmers to change to new systems and technologies, says an Irish researcher.

Irish scientists are working on breeding grasses and cereal crops able to better handle wet conditions.

Beef + Lamb NZ Genetics is looking at how Ireland improves herd genetics, in a bid to improve the way it delivers genetic information to NZ farmers.