Carbon

CA addresses key questions about its deforestation definition

Cattle Australia has addressed some key questions about its definition of deforestation in the Australian context, highlighting how it is adapting international definitions of forest to Australian land management practices…Read More

Eric Barker, 28/06/2024

Denmark to bring in $144.5/head methane tax

Denmark has become the latest country to make plans for taxing livestock methane emissions – with the Government making a deal with its local dairy industry to implement a $144.5 (672 krone)/cow/year tax by 2030…Read More

Beef Central, 27/06/2024

Microsoft makes record breaking purchase of 8m carbon credits

Global tech giant Microsoft has made what is claimed to be the largest exchange of carbon credits ever, with a Brazilian investment bank saying it has agreed to a 19-year deal worth 8m carbon credits…Read More

Eric Barker, 21/06/2024

Weekly property review: Methods in establishing realistic stocking rates

In this week’s property review, buyers are being urged to put time into understanding what an asset can run in terms of livestock, to give them a clearer picture of potential value…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, 19/06/2024

Research working towards redefining how feedlot methane emissions are predicted

Recent research has shown that a 1979 vintage equation used to determine the levels of enteric methane emissions from feedlot cattle may overestimate the numbers…Read More

Beef Central, 18/06/2024

Central Qld Brahman breeders start turning over soil carbon credits

The first of series of 15 different soil carbon projects in Central Queensland have started generating carbon credits…Read More

Beef Central, 13/06/2024

What could the Coalition’s proposed change to net zero approach mean for ag?

THE Federal opposition has set the tone for its next election campaign, pledging to reverse the current Government’s 2030 emissions target. What will it mean for ag?..Read More

Eric Barker, 10/06/2024

Methane feed additive delivers 81pc reduction in paddock trials

Methane yield was slashed by 81 percent when trial cattle had access to water troughs dosed with a methane-reducing feed additive, indicating a new tool is emerging to help cattle managers relying on grazing production systems to lower their business’s methane emissions…Read More

Beef Central, 07/06/2024

Explainer: Soil carbon projects for mixed farming systems

Select Carbon provides an overview of production focused, science-based soil carbon projects for mixed farming systems in Australia. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, 03/06/2024

Littleproud calls for changes to climate-related financial disclosures

Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud has called for ‘Scope 3’ emissions to be taken out of the Government’s climate-related financial disclosures – in a bid to stop farmers from having to take emissions baselines to access finance and enter supply chains…Read More

Beef Central, 06/06/2024

Opinion: Why soil carbon offsets are the key to addressing desertification and drought

Matthew Warnken is the managing director of Agriprove, Australia’s largest aggregator of soil carbon credits. In this contributed opinion piece, he argues that buying soil carbon credits this World Environment Day is a way to tax emitters and fund important land management…Read More

Matthew Warnken, 05/06/2024

Research investigating soil carbon in the rangelands

A research project, led by Food Agility, is investigating the viability of soil carbon projects in Australia’s rangelands…Read More

Beef Central, 05/06/2024

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