Agri-Business
Dairy farmers must capitalise on cutting carbon, says agri retailer
Mole Valley Farmers, an agricultural retailer, has urged dairy farmers to capitalise on cutting carbon on their farms, which would...
Carbon
Agri-Business
Leading agri-business action plan to scale up regenerative farming
A group of the world’s largest and most influential agri-business companies and organisations has this week launched an action plan...
N.Ireland
Reducing carbon footprint of dairy farms is achievable – AFBI
Reducing the carbon footprint of dairy farms is achievable. However, a range of tools will be needed to effect change....
Agri-Business
GWCT piloting Hedgerow Carbon Code on three farms
The Game and Wildlife Trust Conservation (GWCT) has begun piloting its new Hedgerow Carbon Code, a year on from receiving...
Environment
Scotland: Agri-sector demand for carbon audits increasing
In Scotland, the demand for carbon audits by farmers and crofters in the first six months of this year has...
N.Ireland
Strathroy Dairy goes 'carbon neutral' at Omagh plant
Strathroy Dairy’s processing plant in Omagh, Co. Tyrone is now officially a carbon-neutral site, according to the processor. Strathroy said...
Machinery
Carbon plough to be introduced by Lemken
Those people who are eagerly declaring the plough dead and gone have obviously not considered the ingenuity of research institutions...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland milk sector outlines decarbonisation efforts
Northern Ireland continues to decarbonise its milk sector and greater strides to this effect can be expected. This was one...
Agri-Business
Capturing carbon: World's largest 'climate-positive' facility opens in Iceland
A state-of-the-art facility opens today in Iceland that will capture 4,000t of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, per year,...
Environment
Webinar discusses how farming carbon can be the new 'crop' for land managers
Farming carbon was a hot topic at the Low Carbon Agriculture show online on March, 9 and March, 10, where...
Agri-Business
‘Agriculture must produce more food’ – former NFU president
Former National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and World Farming Organisation (WFO) president Peter Kendall believes that agriculture’s direct response to the...
Agri-Business
Project to investigate Scottish 'carbon farming' opportunities
A new project will investigate ways Scottish farmers could draw down more carbon into their soils. The initiative will be...
Environment
Farm sustainability assessment called for at 'Energy and Rural Business Show'
Calls for a single, harmonised farm sustainability assessment were made at Energy and Rural Business Show earlier this month, in...
Environment
Government launches £50 million tree-planting scheme
The Government has officially launched a £50 million scheme aimed towards increasing tree-planting rates in an effort to boost carbon...
Environment
'Planting just uplands is not enough to combat carbon emissions'
Planting the upper lands of Ireland is not enough to combat Ireland’s carbon emissions when farmers on the lower lands...
Dairy
Carbon to replace milk as the new quota in farming
Carbon will become the new quota in Irish farming, according to Trinity College economist Professor Alan Matthews. Matthews was addressing...
