carbon capture

Climate hysteria is a serious threat to mankind's survival Wild claims will only serve to depress and alienate. The way forward has to be rational argument and human ingenuity 29 July 2023 • 4:17pm The power of free people to exercise their democratic will has suddenly shifted the parameters of...

Enjoying a season of ag shows There are many more shows coming up in the agricultural calendar between now and the end of the year. It got me thinking about how much I, and the RDP, team relish the opportunity to meet up and interact with others in person. I’ve been to pretty much all of the...

The Environmental Improvement Plan: 40 Achievements Driving Sustainable Progress Written by defrablogs In 2018 the government published the 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP) which set out goals for improving the environment, within a generation, and leaving it in a better state than we found...

The study will take place at four pairs of farms, in Dorset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire (Photo: UKCEH) Scientists are using automated sensors and AI over the next four years to demonstrate the effectiveness of on-farm environment and peatland restoration schemes. The UK...

I know we've been through it a bit before but can someone explain to me how enteric fermentation actually exhales more green house gases than the feedstock that goes in? Wikipedia tells me: As a by-product of consuming cellulose, cattle belch out methane, there-by returning that carbon...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping (CHCx3), which represents a four-year, £5.9 million research project, has been officially launched. It has been established to help UK farmers and growers target net zero in the most efficient way possible...

Feedback, a green lobbying group are attempting a high court hearing against DEFRA against a failed DEFRA policy to commit to reducing livestock numbers by 30% in the UK... part of the "green initiative" The Soil Association are supporting this move, somewhat naively off the back of dislike for...

Tom Price Trainee Analyst See full bio With the UK increasingly being impacted by climate change and biodiversity loss, the UK government has outlined plans to mobilise funding to ensure the environmental objectives set out in the Environmental Improvement Plan are met. This plan is the 2023...

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Although many of us associate carbon offsetting schemes with planting trees, there is an increasing focus on restoring soil carbon. Improving the health of soils, particularly on agricultural land, enables them to be more productive, to host more lifeforms and to sequester more carbon, making...

For one Fife farm, working with AHDB to gather scientific data behind its regenerative farming approaches is set to pay dividends, both financially and environmentally. Balbirnie Home Farms has been working with AHDB for the last three years as its Strategic Cereal Farm in Scotland. Their...

Anybody clued up on any of this? Are there any websites/ companys actively selling credits at the moment and what are their value? what does a carbon credit equate to in tree numbers? Are the credits traded on an annual basis or longer term? Could you plant up an area of woodland sell the...

Afternoon all, Today we've published a handbook containing all the detailed information about the sustainable farming incentive offer for this year. The handbook is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfi-handbook-for-the-sfi-2023-offer An overview blogpost is here...

So it’s clear from many other threads that SFI seemingly offers very little or nothing that’s attractive to livestock / grassland so what do you want ? Use this thread to outline your own livestock / grassland SFI standard that both delivers public goods and natural capital for tax payers...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Adding crushed rocks to farm soils can accelerate carbon sequestration and boost crop productivity, according to research scientists attending this year’s Cereals event. Calcium and magnesium-rich silicate rocks ground into small particles of less...

Written by Louise Hickey from Agriland Farmers are “desperate” to make extra money through carbon capture schemes, but worry they are “poorly regulated” and that the financial risks are too high, according to a new report. The report, Natural Capital – What farmers and policy makers need to...

A new research project aims to help UK farmers and growers target Net Zero and build farming resilience through diversifying their arable and forage cropping. It will also enable new revenue sources through a carbon marketplace and support enhanced value chains for industries such as textiles...

Just seen plans are to be on display for a 3000 acre solar farm,this is good farmland In the Vale of York.Good ,Bad or does anyone care.

I am told this Danish startup is very good for selling Carbon Credits too? any thoughts anyone?

Delta airlines being sued for misleading claims about carbon offsets, I wonder who will be paying out, the airline or the people selling the carbon capture to them, how long before BA et Al here get caught up in a law suit and farmers selling carbon capture get dragged in