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NRCS Farmers across the country annually hang their livelihoods on the potential of tiny seeds to transform into cornstalks taller than the grower who planted them. The same goes for soybean plants so thick and full you can barely distinguish the rows between them. It’s this potential that keeps...

Correcting myths around carbon markets could unlock income of thousands of pounds for UK farmers Andrew Voysey, Chief Impact Officer, Soil Capital UK agriculture could benefit from payments worth as much as £500m every year if myths around carbon markets are corrected. But the industry must...

As the title, I have been approached by soil capital after expressing an interest some time ago. Have put the numbers into their calculator and it comes out with a quite significant payment. Has anyone had dealings with soil capital or any of the others out there?

Wye oh Wye…? The River Wye intertwines the border of England and-Wales. Once the nations “favourite” river it now probably has more designations than actual fish and continues to regularly feature in the media as the poster girl for agricultural pollution. In this article I hope to provide some...

First deployement : Frontier's network of Sencrop ag-weather stations for precision farming Sencrop and Frontier Agriculture have joined forces to roll out a UK-wide network of connected weather stations, helping farmers and their agronomists to make better crop management decisions. Following...

I’ve been thinking that with a few changes in stock numbers and infrastructure, I could quite easily free up enough time to generate more income away from the livestock business. However, I’ve been full time since I left school and have very few qualifications that lend well to off farm income...

Can someone elaborate about being able to sell carbon credits through regenerative farming. Does that mean you are carbon negative and supposedly locking up more C than you are producing?

Been in a meeting today with Defra and ELMS is being pulled imminently. SFI is being pulled into CS and the new scheme will be called CS PLUS. Payment rates will be increasing and grant schemes will be pulled into it also.

Written by William Kellett from Agriland Datamars, a global livestock management and data solutions company, has joined forces with organizations such as WWF, McDonalds, and Cargill as part of a worldwide network of people and organizations powering progress in sustainable beef – the Global...

Food firms’ plans for 1.5C climate target fall short, say campaigners Written by Patrick Greenfield from the Guardian Major producers of soya and beef accused of failing to deliver on pledges to stop deforestation The world’s largest food companies, whose products have been linked to the...

I'm a university student currently conducting research on nutrient use and waste, particularly looking into phosphate pollution of our waterways and eutrophication. As farmers are key stewards of the environment, I'd love to hear what you think about common questions on the issue. Farming...

HIGHLIGHTS Growing global population has increased food demand resulting in carbon footprint from agricultural activities that continue to impact the environment negatively. While agriculture is part of the problem, it can also become a part of the solution. CO2 emissions from agricultural...

. The UK Government has today launched a UK-wide call for evidence asking agricultural industry, scientists and the wider public for information on the use of new types of animal feed products that can reduce methane emissions from livestock. Ruminant livestock – cows and sheep - are the...

Photo: Shutterstock A new feed additive developed by DSM inhibits the emission of the greenhouse gas methane by cows, like adding nitrate to the feed does. Animal feed researcher Jan Dijkstra outlines the effect and possibilities. ‘The effectiveness of Bovaer – DSM’s product that inhibits...

Leading grain traders ‘sourcing soy beans from Brazilian farm linked to abuse’ Written by Andrew Downie from the Guardian Bunge and Cargill, behind more than 30% of soy exports to EU and UK, accused of exposing suppliers to link with indigenous rights violations Two of the world’s biggest...

GB harvest progresses at pace & AHDB outlooks are now live Our latest harvest report is now available here: harvest progress in Great Britain. Below there are some key highlights listed from the latest report. This year’s harvest progress is excellent so far, with 63% of the total GB harvest...

It’s always scope 1 somewhere. Even in the gnarliest supply chains, your scope 3 emissions are someone else's scope 1. For the past few months, we’ve been writing and debating with you about two unresolved, mind-bending climate tech hot topics: carbon markets and supply chain decarbonization. At...

For all their environmental and agronomic benefits, the cost of growing cover crops is one barrier that stops many farmers from even trying them. Enter entrepreneurs like Mike DeCamp, CEO of CoverCress Inc., a company that developed a variety of pennycress, a weed in other parts of the...

Sunday Mail today. Page 27. A very good article from Minette about possible food shortages. Someone needs to wake up.