NFU dairy board chairman Michael Oakessaid: “British dairy farming has a key role to play in fighting our greatest challenge, climate change, and I welcome this commitment by First Milk. “The industry has an ambition to reduce emissions and be net zero by 2040 and I look forward in dairy...
The NFU has published an interactive booklet for local authorities to identify ways in which they can work with farmers towards net zero agriculture by 2040.The booklet, which has been sent out to local authorities across the country, makes the link between various on-farm measures fr...
The NFU has an ambition for British agriculture to be net zero by 2040. Both Drax and the NFU are founding members of the Coalition for Negative Emissions, a member organisation promoting the growth of the negative emissions solutions to the scale required to deliver global climate targets. Medi...
It comes as the UK farming industry is currently working toward its own target of becomingnet zero by 2040. According to the NFU, farmers are taking action on three fronts to achieve this: boosting productivity to bring down emissions, storing carbon on farmland, and delivering more renewable e...
“Farmers already deliver so much for the nation and this survey demonstrates that farmers are eager to do more as we work towards our ambition of becoming net zero by 2040. As an industry we have huge potential when it comes to contributing to the government’s green growth ambition, ...
The resilience plans are based around the three NFU net zero pillars, which were established in 2019 as part of our 2040 net zero ambition to illustrate the opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as far as reasonably possible.
“Food is one of the most important aspects of the climate discussion and as an industry we have a huge part to play in tackling the climate crisis. That is why two years ago I set a target for the British farming industry to become net zero by 2040. ...
examples of hundreds of designs submitted by students across the country who have taken part in the NFU’s Farmvention competition in 2021, which teaches STEM subjects through the lens of agriculture and farming, this year with a focus on the aim for British farming to be net zero by 2040....
“From our ambitious vision for agriculture to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 to increasing our self-sufficiency by producing more high-quality, British food at home, British farmers are ready and able to tackle the challenges ahead as well as making the most of new opportunitie...
“While planting trees to store carbon will play an important part in agriculture’s commitment to reach net zero by 2040, farmers must decide voluntarily to engage in tree planting and be rewarded fairly for the long-term commitment they’re signing up to, and the public goods d...