Although livestock slurries are a valuable nutrient resource for arable fields and grasslands, they can also be the source of significant on-farm greenhouse gas emissions.
Greenhouse gases are emitted from various sources. When in the atmosphere, these gases trap solar radiation which would normally be released, and in doing so retains this radiation which has a warming effect on the atmosphere.
The DEFRA Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFR) is providing support for farmers in England as the industry moves into a period of Agricultural Transition.
Farm carbon accounting is a challenge. Farmers, like society at large, are being faced with an ever-growing chorus of demands to reduce their carbon emissions.
With governments and companies across the world announcing increasingly ambitious plans to reduce their carbon footprints in the last few months, ‘net zero’ has become the new buzzword in business.
In the search for a solution that could satisfy high profitability and sustainable environmental performance, a recent study draws attention towards high input grazing and medium duration beef finishing systems.
Cattle farming in Scotland accounts for 26% of total agricultural output – what strategies could be adopted to balance the nation’s red meat production and deliver Scotland’s net zero targets?
The carbon cycle is an essential process in agriculture and with carbon becoming a mainstream topic, farmers need to understand it and how they can influence it.
Carbon emissions have become a hot topic across all industries over the last few years, and agriculture, contributing to 23.9% of Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions, is no exception to the discussion.