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Louise the dairy cow farmer in Ireland

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Louise the dairy cow farmer in IrelandAgriculture

Name: Louise the dairy cow farmer in Ireland - Agriculture
Genre: Documentaries and Reportage
Duration: 170 s

3 min

Available until 13/03/2025

ARTE Journal

Documentaries and Reportage

Louise looks after 200 dairy cows on a day-to-day basis. But all of the grazing they do leads to increased levels of nitrate in the groundwater. In order to meet its climate goals, the EU now wants to reduce the size of cow herds to limit the amount of nitrate going into groundwater – meaning Louise may soon have to slaughter a large number of cows. The loss of her animals is not only heartbreaking, it also puts her future as a dairy farmer at stake.

Image

Arnaud Cailloux

Graphics

Thierry Millotte

Journalist

Robert Handrack, Julia Kennedy

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