"Green" policies are destroying this country

No

It appears I know a hell of a lot more about this than you. Proof? This line

Tillage I guess you refer to making silage/hay which is then fed to cattle over the winter. 

You haven't a scooby about agriculture and it's ways in this country. Not to mention any sprays used where, by who, and when.

Links showing stuff can be used doesn't mean stuff is used. I buy my beef from the butcher, who kills his own animals. Chicken comes from Dunnes. Usually their own brand stuff - https://www.dunnesstoresgrocery.com/sm/delivery/rsid/258/product/dunnes-stores-irish-chicken-breast-fillets-630g-id-100222327.

If you say so, I asked you waht you meant by Tillage.

So far you have backed up nothing with actual information

A link to a Dunnes Stores item for sale proves what? as we know chicken is shipped from other countries and packaged in Ireland, then it can get slapped with an Irish badge.

“Currently most of what’s in Ireland is Dutch fillet, but the market changes. Frozen chicken from Brazil is currently very cheap. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) says that Irish consumers are worried about salmonella, and that they want to know the source of raw chicken, but that once the chicken is cooked they don’t care.”

Do you actually think that chicken in Dunnes Stores doesn't have any additives into it? or any of the other meat? then you talk to me about "haven't a scooby"

As I said, first you claimed you knew nothing about pessticides or additives into food. When I pointed out about them you claimed to be an overnight expert on them with nothing to acual back that up.

Ignorance is bliss.

Dunnes Stores, oh my gawd

AIf you are are trying to say by the wya I am vegan. no chacne. But i don't eat Dunnes Stores meat for one, its absolute muck. Plus I would never claim to eat meats without any preservatives and then point to Dunnes Stores which to be fair hasn't the worst meat in Ireland, that's Tesco, but it aint far ahead of them.

Your local butcher will also use additives unless requested not to, as per the link I already provided above

The use additives because otherwise the meat would go off too quick before they have a chance to sell.

Anyway as usual this thread has been enlighting, its the same 1-2 posters who don't have an actual clue what they are talking about, telling everyone else they know nothing and claim to be expert on every topic. Today farming. Which by the look of it the two "expert" haven't spent a day on a farm

Leave you to it lads, Im sure when I come back it will be the same few lads fighting with everyone, I wonder what they will be an expert on that day? farming? electric grid? wind generation? 😂

I honestly wonder at times how these people get into government.

I have a great idea on how we can help with climate change.

Let's cut back on farming here, let's import food from countries that are cutting down trees and require transport to get the food here.

How can anyone actually take these people seriously.

”The problem is consumer”

“Let’s tax the hell out of them further and do everything to increase their cost of living”

Typical green knee jerk nonsense

Deliberately increasing food costs is the worst form of taxation on the poorest

So is deliberately increasing energy and heating costs which are now the highest in world

All to satisfy the green dieties

There is a lack of arable land suitable for growing vegetables. In Ireland you can get one maincrop potatoes in a year, there are harvesting, storage and transport energy costs. If you want to grow tomatoes commercially in this country, you will need glass and plastic to protect provide controlled growing conditions. Green policies are driving up input costs contributing to more growers exiting the business. There is a reason we concentrate on cattle farming in this country, the combination of weather and topology means much of the land is suitable for grass growth, for raising cattle or sheep or growing coniferous forests. The high input and production costs of growing vegetables make it no viable for most farmers.
For a peek into growing vegetables in Ireland.

Irish tomato business faces delayed start to 2023 growing season (irishexaminer.com)

Just 60 field vegetable growers left in the country – Bord Bia director | Irish Independent

Here is Almeria in Spain, showing an area approximately 40,000 hectares (~370 square km), used to grow vegetables. The plastic which is a hydrocarbon derived product has a lifespan of around 3 to 4 years before disposal. It's mostly dumped and burned. If you see produce of Spain in the supermarket on your tomatoes or courgettes, this is likely where it comes from.