The College of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (CAFRE) has confirmed that carbon calculators can be used to estimate the carbon footprint of…
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced Glenarm Forest as Northern Ireland’s first accredited Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) conservation forest. Minister Poots said: “Northern Ireland…
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has welcomed the “positive action already underway” within the farming community to reduce emissions and tackle climate change, but…
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has visited the Peatland Pavilion at COP26 in Glasgow to see the “global significance” of peatlands in tackling climate…
By Olivia Cooper Improving genetics is the key to reducing farmers’ carbon footprints and maximising efficiencies, a beef research farm in Shropshire has…
A new project to reduce the environmental impact of ammonia emissions from livestock has been awarded £600k funding from the Department for Environment, Food…
Plans are in place within Northern Ireland’s beef sector to develop a concerted response to the challenge of climate change, including carbon calculations.…
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) with special responsibility for horticulture, Pippa Hackett, this week attended…
