Day 3 of #NuffieldTriennial2023 in Christchurch NZ featured a high level #AgribusinessSummit addressed by NZ and international speakers - more info at the link - and these are my main take aways. Forgive the scrawl and the sandwich crumbs... ruralleaders.co.nz/the-2023-rural… Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarships

GFP day 1: agribusiness in São Paulo, agricultural education and Blue Ocean thinking. Take home message - Brazil is a true agricultural superpower and ag is sexy here! 🇧🇷 🌽 🥩

Before heading from New Zealand with his #GFP group to Brazil, 2023 Nuffield Ireland Scholar David Dolan shared a visit which made a bit impression: Haldon Station in the McKenzie Basin. Managed by Paddy Boyd (in first picture) along with 11 staff. Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarships

Having my perception of Brazilian beef production challenged by seeing it in person - - 90% extensive pasture reared, 10% feedlot - No use of growth promoting hormones/antibiotics - 70% for domestic production, 30% export - the hump is served as a delicacy translated as ‘termite’

Spent 9 days touring Brazil on Nuffield International Farming Scholars GFP. Key take homes - nothing beats being there, farming (in general) is done to a high standard. Deforestation & conservation laws are incredibly strict. Honestly unsure if we’re ahead or behind from a production/sustainability POV

🐄 🌾 A true privilege to host in Parliament 8 fantastic global Agri leader’s from Ireland, New Zealand, Australia & the UK - all undertaking their Nuffield Farming GFP Scholarships. Great to talk all things food, farming, trade & international geo politics.

Both laughable and frustrating 🤣😱 It looks like ALL political parties want food prices to decrease because of recent price increases. Sounds great in a cost of living crisis, and certainly appeals to voters, but let's dig deeper 🧵 irishmirror.ie/news/irish-new…

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The DAFM figures indicate the number of cattle in Ireland has decreased by 569,434 head of cattle since 2002. agriland.ie/farming-news/n…

Interesting this convo about what other things dairy farmers could be doing. Most of us tried it during quota with surplus land. Beef was great for spell when we got subsidies to compensate for a drop in prices which didn't happen straight away. Became sub collection job. +1

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'We're at the height of the Irish growing season...' - if you ever wonder why some of the fresh produce is currently imported, this is why. We'd normally be harvesting up to 65t per week this time of the year. Sowing, planting and harvesting very limited atm #farming #irishfood

Friends of mine looking for a farm assistant in Offaly…great opportunity. gumtree.ie/offaly/birr/jo…

🤝The Nuffield Ireland 2023 Conference is Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort Tullow, Co. Carlow on Friday 10th Nov. The theme: Finding Common Ground. 🤔Why not join us there to meet our Scholars, learn about our Scholarships and our international network? Book right now! nuffield.ie

Come join us on Friday and listen to Pat's report on integrated livestock and crops, but also David Dolan on Zero Carbon dairy farming, Aoife Feeney on changing behaviour for water quality, and Lance Woods re animal health lowering GHG emissions! nuffield.ie

Article published by Marion Sorley in the Journal of Cleaner Production part of the Dairy4Future project. ‘Factors influencing the carbon footprint of milk production on dairy farms with different feeding strategies in western Europe’ ImeldaCaseySETUWaterford sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

South Mayo mourns the loss of ‘Mr Garrymore’ Bertie McHugh mayonews.ie/news/home/1394…

Lot of commentary over the past day or so on Ireland becoming the only country with a Nitrates derogation following Denmark's decision not to re-apply and the phasing out of the derogation in The Netherlands. What has not been outlined is how we differ from these countries...🧵

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