SilliamWhale
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It's what being advocates by farming leaders. Tell me how to do it.
How is agriculture going to get net zero by 2040?
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SilliamWhale
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Thats's quite an irresponsible document.
Don't. It's a trap. Red Tractor for the next generation of farmers. If you do want to give it half an hour of head space, then email the NFU and tell them to ditch it now.
SilliamWhale
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But being truthful, how?
Yet that is the trap. RT wasn't going to be that hard.
All of the damage is being caused in the food chain. All of it. Tesco's freezers burn more electricity than does all of UK ag. The average item on a supermarket shelf has travelled over 1000 miles. Buy into the NFU net zero game and all you are doing s making yourselves the whipping boys for the cartel. You will be their greenwash, nothing more nothing less, you wont be a penny better off.
Minimal use of tractors, fert and sprays. Not using the grain drier among other things, however in the REAL world it all depends on the season
spin cycle
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- north norfolk
not gonna even try...fed up with it.....bloomin lies and hypocrisy and i'll tell em so if they come calling
they can't achieve this when they don't represent all farmers in fact they are just liars
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- Lincolnshire
Depends which calculator we have to use.
Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
Exactly this.
Taking the “carbon footprints” shown on the COP26 menu, I’m pretty sure they only cover the theoretical value associated with their ingredients. Certainly not the processing, preparation and shipping.
I’d be pretty sure that significantly more than 50% of the carbon footprint of a beef burger served at the event was after the meat left the abattoir and the wheat left the farm. None of which would have appeared on that menu.
4course
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- north yorks
the calculator im using tells me i will be nearly 90 years old and chances are i could be on the way to creating a carbon deposit of my own but hopefully I or my followers will still be farming doubt wether many of the current politicians or activists will be in the game
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- Exeter, Devon
I’m planning on buying carbon credits from BA and Ryanair. Should get me more than sorted! 
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- Welshpool Powys
Agriculture not really the problem IMO
It’s transport and industry plus how is Carving a swathe through the Uk for a high speed train carbon friendly?
Why should agriculture be forced to make massive changes on behalf of others who are merely passing their problems upon others.
Green wash
It’s transport and industry plus how is Carving a swathe through the Uk for a high speed train carbon friendly?
Why should agriculture be forced to make massive changes on behalf of others who are merely passing their problems upon others.
Green wash
If the NFU do pursue this - ie get you all signed up by dint of it being the industry standard - then most folks on here wont be in business.
The cartel have a simple business model; fewer the suppliers, the better. The requirements for proving you are net zero will be steadily ramped up, such that only the biggest operators can justify the admin and expense.
Net zero is just cover for streamlining the supply chain.
The cartel have a simple business model; fewer the suppliers, the better. The requirements for proving you are net zero will be steadily ramped up, such that only the biggest operators can justify the admin and expense.
Net zero is just cover for streamlining the supply chain.
4course
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now theres an idea plant a tree and credit it to mr oleary ,s carbon ofset in exchange for a flight to dublin for the craicI’m planning on buying carbon credits from BA and Ryanair. Should get me more than sorted!
4course
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as is red tractor and folks signed up for it either wlling or un wllingly
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- East Sussex
Surely it is easy to get to net zero with livestock.
All permanent grass.
Only eat grass or hay, or silage as long as it isn't wrapped.
Never house anything.
Use stored water or rivers.
No fertilizer and only use clover for nitrogen.
Sell all produce to local outlets and slaughter at the local abattoir just up the road.
Drive all livestock along the roads again.
Cattle hides used for clothing or furnishings.
Sheep skins for clothing and Ugg boots.
Wool for warm jumpers.
Have a good sized veg garden with fruit bushes and trees.
Have enough vines to make decent wines.
Barley and hops for beer.
Use coppiced timber for fencing and firewood.
Maybe have an electric bicycle to go to Town charged from solar panels.
No problem to get to net zero.
All permanent grass.
Only eat grass or hay, or silage as long as it isn't wrapped.
Never house anything.
Use stored water or rivers.
No fertilizer and only use clover for nitrogen.
Sell all produce to local outlets and slaughter at the local abattoir just up the road.
Drive all livestock along the roads again.
Cattle hides used for clothing or furnishings.
Sheep skins for clothing and Ugg boots.
Wool for warm jumpers.
Have a good sized veg garden with fruit bushes and trees.
Have enough vines to make decent wines.
Barley and hops for beer.
Use coppiced timber for fencing and firewood.
Maybe have an electric bicycle to go to Town charged from solar panels.
No problem to get to net zero.