The new Chair of Kerry IFA believes farmers are being scapegoated in the climate change debate.
Kenny Jones, a dairy farmer from Kielduff outside Tralee, says a lot of farms are carbon neutral.
He says a proper debate can only be had when the emissions of each farm are examined.
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Mr Jones says farmers are not getting enough credit for the measures being implemented on farms including protecting water courses and more environmentally friendly methods of slurry spreading:
