Reducing emissions on farm

Interested in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on your farm? We can get you started.

Here you can find guides to practical, on-farm actions that will help reduce GHG emissions, which also outline the wider environmental, productivity and financial benefits. 

Many of these activities may already be best practice, however you might not be aware of the full environmental benefit of their actions over and above GHG reduction. 

With support from UK Agri-Tech Centre, AHDB has developed these resources to raise awareness of, and guide on, what can be done now and in the future to the benefit of your business and the environment. 

The guides cover a range of topics from soils, to crops and fertiliser, livestock and manure management among others. 

Ensuring optimum soil conditions can improve productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Optimising fertiliser usage and adjusting what you’re growing can help reduce emissions.

While you can’t change your manure management overnight, how it’s handled can make a big impact on emissions from manure and slurry.

Improving your livestock management is often a win-win-win for your animals, your business and your carbon footprint.

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These measures have been chosen based on Marginal Abatement Cost Curves or MACCs.  A MACC is a graphical tool use to visualise the cost-effectiveness of various strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 

The MACC highlights mitigation measures with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a farm and national level. MACCs are often used by Governments to inform policy.