We want the emissions that we produce from farming activities and inputs to be equal to the emissions we remove from the atmosphere.
The guide produced by Innovation for Agriculture on behalf of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) called Farm of the Future: Journey to Net Zero has provided a snapshot of the systems that could help farm businesses start their journey to net zero. The systems have been split into three categories:
1. Carbon auditing
2. Regenerative agriculture: management plan
3. Mob grazing and diverse leys
4. Cover crops, catch crops and green manures
1. Companion cropping, intercropping and integrated pest management
2. More efficient land-use: arable
3. More efficient land-use: livestock
4. Animal health and welfare
5. Feed additives
6. Genetics
7. Organic fertiliser treatment and applications
1. Smart farming
2. Future farm energy production
3. Delving deeper into farm-scale anaerobic digestion
4. Energy storage technology and uninterrupted power supply
5. Assessing and adopting net zero fuel options
6. Autonomous vehicles
7. Automating the fruit and vegetable sector
8. Novel protein sources
For more information about these systems mentioned in the categories, please click here to access the guide.
1. Completed three carbon audits for year 2022, 2023 and 2024
2. Improved animal performace in all livestock sectors:
- lowered the finishing age in our beef heifers and steers to 13.3 and 15 months, respectively
- introduced a second finishing ration, with a lower true protein content at the 80kg to 112kg weight range in our pig unit, to lower the carbon emissions per liveweight gain from the unit
- investment in Montbelliard and Viking Red semen into a small group of Holstein Friesian cows to create a small block calving herd within the bigger herd, to improve grazing efficiency
- introduced Aberblack rams into our flock to improve hybrid vigour and meat composition, for health and economic advantage
3. Launched the Future Farm strategy in December 2024, which will highlight the farms vision in acheiving net-zero and how the farms future will pan out. Fo more information on the Future Farm strategy, click here.
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