N.Ireland
Agriculture behind nearly a third of NI emissions in 2024 – DAERA
Agriculture was found to be responsible for 31.4% of Northern Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2024, according to the Department...
Greenhouse Gas
N.Ireland
NI feed tech wins UK Dairy Carbon Network challenge
Fermentrics (UK) Ltd., based in Northern Ireland, has won the UK Dairy Carbon Network 2025 measurement technology competition. The award...
N.Ireland
AgriSearch recruiting NI dairy farmers for new GHG project
AgriSearch has announced that they are seeking 20 new dairy farmers to take part in a major project to demonstrate...
Environment
Main barriers for methane reduction research outlined
Despite growing awareness and calls for action over reducing methane in the atmosphere, many barriers stand in the way of...
Beef
Study: Climate impact of UK beef cattle could be reduced by 26%
Climate change impacts of UK grass-based beef cattle could be reduced by up to 26% depending on the mitigation intervention, according...
Beef
Study: Climate impact of UK beef cattle could be reduced by 26%
Climate change impacts of UK grass-based beef cattle could be reduced by up to 26% depending on the mitigation intervention, according...
Environment
Scottish agriculture emissions fell by 3% in 2022
The Scottish chief statistician has released more detailed figures on agricultural emissions, revealing that, in 2022, total agriculture emissions fell...
Environment
Scottish agriculture emissions drop by 12% between 1990 and 2022
Scotland’s agriculture emissions fell by 11.9%, equivalent to one million tonne of carbon dioxide (1.0 MtCO2e), between 1990 and 2022....
N.Ireland
NI greenhouse gas inventory reveals agriculture as biggest emitter
Agriculture was Northern Ireland’s largest emitting sector in 2022, responsible for 29.1% of emissions, the Northern Ireland greenhouse gas inventory...
Environment
NFU calls for use of GWP metric for calculating GHG
The National Farmers Union (NFU) has called for the adoption of the Global Warming Measurement (GWP) metric for the calculating...
Agri-Business
EIT Food outlines ways for livestock industries to reach net zero
A new report published by EIT Food in collaboration with Innovate UK KTN has outlined six recommendations to help the...
Beef
'Eating less meat might not lower greenhouse gas emissions'
Reduced meat consumption might not lower greenhouse gas emissions from one of the world’s biggest beef producing regions, a study...
Dairy
'Dairy farms of the future will have technologies we never dreamed of'
Technological advances will be a key to future dairy farms, according to Kevin Tuck, Managing Director at Alltech Ireland. Speaking...