From: 
POWER Peter (CAB-MCGUINNESS) 
To: 
 (CAB-MCGUINNESS); 
 (CAB-
MCGUINNESS) 
Subject: 
RE: Yara Belgium, Ireland and UK Meeting, Thursday the 7th of July 
 
Meeting took place on 7 July at 12h30 with 
, 
 and 
 from 
YARA Belgium, Ireland and UK 
 
YARA presented their business and explained how their core competence lies in empowering farmers to 
select and manage plant nutrients in the most sustainable way – also by using digital tools and precision 
farming – to ensure profitability at farm level. They are committed to sustainable food production, 
manufacturing climate-friendly crop nutrition solutions and achieving zero-emission energy targets. 
 
We discussed the impact of the current geographical and farming context in their work. 
 
Peter  
 
From: 
 (CAB-MCGUINNESS)  
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2022 5:55 PM 
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Subject: FW: Yara Ireland Meeting, Thursday the 7th of July 
Importance: High 
 
To register please.  
 
From:
 
  
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2022 5:45 PM 
To: POWER Peter (CAB-MCGUINNESS) 
 
Cc:
 (CAB-MCGUINNESS)
 
 
Subject: Yara Ireland Meeting, Thursday the 7th of July 
Importance: High 
 
Dear Mr. Power,   
  
Sincere thanks for taking the time last Thursday, the 7th of July, to meet with my 
colleagues 
, 
 and 
.   
  
As mentioned during the meeting, by replacing fossil fuels with renewable 
energy in the manufacturing of our ammonium nitrate-based products we will 
produce green fertilizers that will have 80-90 percent lower carbon footprint 
compared to the fertilizers produced with natural gas. Currently, Yara has a 
portfolio of several green ammonia projects, which will be key for the 
production of green fertilizers, in Norway, the Netherlands and Australia.  
  

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On the other hand, since fossil fuels are an integral part of the chemical 
processes used in the manufacturing of urea, it will be impossible to do the 
same with the production of this fertilizer type. Therefore, if regulations in 
Ireland would make protected urea obligatory for farmers, this would mean that 
the decarbonization of the sector is discouraged and that farmers’ toolbox of 
nutrient solutions is reduced.  In addition, since 95% of the global urea is 
currently produced outside of Europe and given the geopolitical situation at 
present, it is important that farmers continue to have access to ammonium 
nitrate-based fertilisers produced in Europe. This is why it is key for the 
European Union to ensure its strategic autonomy in terms of nitrogen fertilisers 
supply.
We will come back to you after the summer recess also with a suggestion for the 
visit of the Commissioner McGuinness to one of Yara’s site.  In the meantime, 
we are preparing some feedback on the taxonomy issue and will do our best to 
get back to you before the end of the week.
On behalf of 
, 
 and 
, it was a real pleasure to meet with you 
and once again thank you for taking the time from your schedule to meet with 
us.
Yours sincerely,
 
 
Yara UK & Ireland
Harevst House 
DN37 9TZ Grimsby, Ireland
www.yara.ie

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