Farm practices to improve carbon efficiency and business performance
Join AHDB and Farming Connect to learn about farm practices that can have a beneficial effect on the farm’s Carbon Footprint while also offering cost savings. Hear from Kite Consulting’s Rachael Madeley-Davies and Strategic Dairy Farm hosts John and Anna Booth about how your farm’s performance and profitability might be affected by some of these activities.
Many farm practices are promoted as having a positive effect on farming’s environmental impact. But how would implementing such practices impact your farm business performance? Pressures from Government policy, consumers and supply chains encourage the adoption of low carbon measures but how do they affect farm profitability?
During this event you will learn more about:
- How can we influence soil carbon levels?
- The impact of various grassland mixtures and grazing regimes
- Cultivation techniques and their effect on soil carbon.
- How cover crops and undersowing can help increase carbon stocks
Please note children under the age of 16 and dogs are not allowed at the event, even if they are staying in the car. Click here to find out more about AHDBs health and safety guidelines for events.
About the farm:
John and Anna Booth have been share-farmers at Rhual Dairy since 2001. Based just outside Mold in Northeast Wales, Rhual is a 220ha farm, of which 182ha is grassland (of which 50% parkland), 21ha maize, and 11ha spring barley. The farm has operated under Nitrogen Vulnerable Zone restrictions for many years. This all-year-round calving herd of 336 Holstein Friesians averages 8,472litres per cow per year at 3.89% butterfat and 3.29% protein. All replacements are home reared and calve at 24 months old, contributing to their low replacement rate of 22%.
About the speaker:
Rachael Madeley Davies is the lead sustainability consultant within Kite delivering strategic insight throughout the supply chain in relation to decarbonisation, natural resource management and biodiversity planning. Rachael has written some technical articles on this subject and has undertaken reviews of carbon foot printing tools suitable for UK dairy enterprises. Rachael has significant experience in Welsh environmental and agricultural policy.
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