Carbon audit tools- which one?

[ladycrofter]

I see there are quite a few of these appearing online allowing us to do our own carbon audit. Some are free for the basic, one-farm job.
What are people using and have you found any problems with any particular ones? Now that it appears we're being forced to do it to claim our sub next year .

It creases me to pay an "advisor" even if I can claim the money back - from their buddies in the ag. Their money-making circle of life.

 

[delilah]

Now that it appears we're being forced to do it to claim our sub next year .

Could you share details of what, specifically, they ask for ? Copy n paste from the rules/legislation ? Thanks.

 

[4R Man]

OK, I'm one of those horrible people being paid to them, using Agrecalc, from the SAC. This calculator I would recommend
I have regular training from the in order to ensure we are all working to the same standard, as they have realised the data out is only as good as the data in....

 

[hoff135]

Inclined to tell them to ram their audits and their inspections, they can keep their "support".

Then declare marshal law on my land

 

[ladycrofter]

@delilah

https://www.ruralpayments.org/topic...-for-sustainable-farming--psf--full-guidance/

 

[ladycrofter]

The letter says

I will be querying whether the vet has to be involved with the health plan. We have a very good one developed over years. OTOH I have caught various vets out, parroting information that was simply incorrect. Apparently there's no requirement for them to spend their evenings reading research papers and watching podcasts on sheep health.

 

[farmerm]

 

[delilah]

Will read the link, but quick scan of the letter says two from five, so carbon audit can be avoided. Happy to be corrected.

 

[farmerm]

The letter says

I will be querying whether the vet has to be involved with the health plan. We have a very good one developed over years. OTOH I have caught various vets out, parroting information that was simply incorrect. Apparently there's no requirement for them to spend their evenings reading research papers and watching podcasts on sheep health.

None of us should touch these carbon audits, they will become a stick to beat us with. Will will end up taking all the responsibly for the carbon footprint we buy in and get none of the credit for the carbon leaving the farm... and if we did get credited for the carbon leaving the farm it would go onto the input side for meat producers and sink them like the iceberg hitting the Titanic. If carbon is to be measured and taxed it should be at once point and one point only, extraction.

 

[farmerm]

Will read the link, but quick scan of the letter says two from five, so carbon audit can be avoided. Happy to be corrected.

for now.... but in time the slope will get greased

 

[hoff135]

The letter says

I will be querying whether the vet has to be involved with the health plan. We have a very good one developed over years. OTOH I have caught various vets out, parroting information that was simply incorrect. Apparently there's no requirement for them to spend their evenings reading research papers and watching podcasts on sheep health.

Got ours today. Wonder if I could charge every car passing my field on the a9 for the carbon I'm sequestering.

 

[ladycrofter]

Will read the link, but quick scan of the letter says two from five, so carbon audit can be avoided. Happy to be corrected.

After reading @farmerm comments, I'm gonna have a look at biodiversity.

 

[delilah]

for now.... but in time the slope will get greased

Nah, give it a year and we will have the methane scam exposed, once that is removed from carbon audits the whole 'blame the farmer' thing will collapse like a pack of cards .

 

[ladycrofter]

Ok I just scanned the entire webpage. Carbon audit, soil test, animal welfare all there in great detail. Not a word about biodiversity survey???

 

[farmerm]

Nah, give it a year and we will have the methane scam exposed, once that is removed from carbon audits the whole 'blame the farmer' thing will collapse like a pack of cards .

Unlikely I think, the oil industry and the vegan cult have too much sway to let that line of distraction/attack to fade away to easily.

 

[delilah]

Unlikely I think, the oil industry and the vegan cult have too much sway to let that line of distraction/attack to fade away to easily.

It's not OPEC or VIVA driving any of this, it's solely the cartel, wanting farmers to carry the can for their scope 3 emissions.

A tenner to RABI says that by this time next year there is a recognised carbon audit that doesn't include enteric methane

 

[sjt01]

It's not OPEC or VIVA driving any of this, it's solely the cartel, wanting farmers to carry the can for their scope 3 emissions.

A tenner to RABI says that by this time next year there is a recognised carbon audit that doesn't include enteric methane

It's oil industry etc (Shell, Exxon, BP rather than OPEC) who have the political agenda to mandate GWP100. That is then taken up by big business for determination of Scope 3.

 

[delilah]

It's oil industry etc (Shell, Exxon, BP rather than OPEC) who have the political agenda to mandate GWP100. That is then taken up by big business for determination of Scope 3.

On the oil industries list of political lobbies to be won, GWP100 wont make the top 100.

 

[DaveGrohl]

It's oil industry etc (Shell, Exxon, BP rather than OPEC) who have the political agenda to mandate GWP100. That is then taken up by big business for determination of Scope 3.

It’s actually inertia, specifically at the IPCC. They will have to change eventually, they should’ve changed at the last Report but the political factions within the IPCC managed to drag the change for a bit longer. Is my understanding.

As a result, everyone else who don’t give a toss, don’t give a toss and just say thems the rules. This doesn’t matter to anyone but farmers and a few honest scientists. It absolutely doesn’t matter to govts, who are full of enthusiasm to sign any old crap to make themselves appear to look good. They don’t specifically have it in for farmers, just they’ve been told outrageous non-scientific nonsense by useful idiots who happen to have a job lobbying/advising.