soil carbon

  1. Agriland RSS

    AgriSearch invests £300,000 in research on N-efficient silage

    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...
  2. Direct Driller Magazine

    Direct Driller Magazine Issue 20

    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...
  3. TFF

    Raising a glass to climate change mitigation on vineyards

    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...
  4. Janet Hughes Defra

    Defra SFI Answers - January 2023

    Morning all, (edited to include links) 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...
  5. onesiedale

    Sustainable Farming Incentive - email from Head of Department - discuss

    Hi xxxxx 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...
  6. Chris F

    Trinity Natural Capital Markets welcomes the development of the UK Soil Carbon Code

    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...
  7. Clive

    New information about what Environmental Land Management schemes will pay for

    Moderator notice 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...
  8. Chris F

    Correcting myths around carbon markets could unlock income of thousands of pounds for UK farmers

    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...
  9. Agreena

    Carbon farming is gaining ground … but not fast enough

    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...
  10. Trinity AgTech

    Carbon Capture Technology – 12 methods that can be incorporated on your farm

    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...
  11. D

    Carbon offsets are worthless - amazing, absolutely amazing

    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
  12. texelburger

    Trinity Global Farm Pioneers

    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...
  13. Trinity AgTech

    Cover Crops and Carbon Sequestration: Benefits to the Producer and the Planet

    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...
  14. Trinity AgTech

    Soil Carbon Storage

    By: Todd A. Ontl (Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA) & Lisa A. Schulte (Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA) © 2012 Nature Education Citation: Ontl, T. A. & Schulte, L. A. (2012) Soil Carbon...
  15. Oldmacdonald

    Foliar Nitrogen course.

    Seems interesting. Anyone know the chap?
  16. Trinity AgTech

    How farmers approach soil carbon sequestration? Lessons learned from 105 carbon-farming plans

    Highlights • 105 farmers were asked to plan for increasing carbon storage on their fields. • The plans were evaluated through expert panel and simplified carbon balance modeling. • Farmers chose methods with co-benefits to soil productivity and yield. • Most plans were suitable for research and...
  17. Trinity AgTech

    Crops for Carbon Farming

    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...
  18. onesiedale

    Anyone from AHDB care to comment please?

  19. snarling bee

    Carb-free/Atkins/Keto diets - any advice

    I am now at my heaviest ever, and need to lose some. I have had a few friends recommend these carb free diets. Any Tips?
  20. Trinity AgTech

    Carbon farming

    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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