Written by Rubina Freiberg from Agriland
AgriSearch has announced investment of over £300,000 in research on the feasibility and practicalities of producing silage without the use of manufactured nitrogen (N) fertiliser.
The on-farm research project called “ZeroNsile” will focus primarily on...
Found In Issue 20:
Issue 20
Inside this issue:
What’s in a Name?
Featured Farmer – Harry Heath
The curious case of disappearing nitrogen
How Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is delivering alternative farm funding
Farmer Focus – Rob Raven
From the Sea to the Soil
Sap analysis proving valuable for...
Winegrowers have an important role to play in reducing climate change
Known for its Bordeaux, Pinot Noir and Champagne wines, France is one of the largest wine producers in the world.
However, like many countries, it has seen its wine production affected by climate change.
The French...
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I'm sorry not to have been here for a while.
Today we've published some information about what we'll be paying for in the Sustainable Farming Incentive this year, and everything else we'll be paying for through Environmental Land Management schemes.
Here...
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I hope you are well and thank you for reaching out to us. We value very much your feedback among many farmers that are currently involved in shaping our new schemes. Following my visit to your farm earlier this year, we discussed that permeant grassland covers a very broad church...
Commenting on the development of the UK Soil Carbon Code, Trinity Natural Capital Markets managing director, Juan Palomares, explains that this is a positive step forward for farmers as it offers the minimum necessary protection and compliance in UK carbon markets.
“Our involvement in the...
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OK we have done this now in the resource section to try separate he questions and answers from the general chat - we will update it as new questions and answers are added to this thread...
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...
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Carbon farming is gaining ground … but not fast enough
Rasmus Bjerre-Edberg
Strategic Business Development Lead, Agreena
The opportunity for farmers to simultaneously capture carbon and improve their incomes is spreading in agricultural communities across the European continent and beyond. But...
Louise Radley: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
To meet the Welsh Government's pledge to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 95% by 2050, a variety of methods and technologies will be required, including carbon capture and storage or utilisation on an industrial scale.
Focus on climate...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe
Just thought it deserved its own thread really. Courtesy of @CornishTone
I was reading our local farming mag and came across an article on this company.After reading the article which was all waffle and jargon I looked at their website which was even worse.I wasn't totally sure what they did but think it was all about knowledge exchange.Perhaps it's me and my age but...
What Is Carbon Sequestration and How Can We Use Agricultural Soils For This Purpose?
Figure 1. Rye cover crops in experimental plots. In this experiment, rye and a four-species cover crop mix were used to assess their effect on soil carbon storage.
Figure 2. Earth's carbon reservoirs (in...
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105 farmers were asked to plan for increasing carbon storage on their fields.
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The plans were evaluated through expert panel and simplified carbon balance modeling.
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Farmers chose methods with co-benefits to soil productivity and yield.
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Most plans were suitable for research and...
Agricultural cropping systems and pasture comprise one third of the world’s arable land and have the potential to draw down a considerable amount of atmospheric CO2 for storage as soil organic carbon (SOC) and improving the soil carbon budget. An improved soil carbon budget serves the dual...
CLA Land Use Policy Adviser Alice Green provides helpful advice on carbon farming, including things you should consider before selling soil carbon
First published on June 10th, 2022.
With the emergence of payments for public goods in Defra policy, and new private sector markets for carbon...
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