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• Mileage in silage

  Author Name: Heather McCalman, IBERS Winter performance, feed costs and carbon footprint for housed livestock are driven by the quality of silage fed. In grass based systems the quality of grass at cutting is key to producing high quality, well fermented... Posted Jun 07 2012, 08:32 PM by Blog posts Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Livestock, carbon footprint, grass, silage [Edit Tags]

• The "Cool Farm Tool"

  Author Name: Mark Pettigrew Mark Pettigrew, Agricultural Development Manager, is leading PepsiCo ’s bold project to slash their carbon and water footprint by 50% in the next 5 years. In 2011, the focus is working with PepsiCo’s 350 potato... Posted Feb 08 2011, 10:23 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Potatoes, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, carbon footprint, water footprint, potato [Edit Tags]

• Happy marriage for low carbon and profitable livestock farming

  Author Name: Dr Duncan Pullar Livestock farmers have been a popular scapegoat in the press when it comes to climate change, but new research shows that farmers should now be on the front foot when it comes to discussing a sustainable future for the industry... Posted Dec 09 2010, 12:54 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy, biodiversity, carbon footprint, water footprint, profitability [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge#8

  Author Name: Will Frazer Climate News and Knowledge is our fortnightly round up of some of the main stories covering climate change and sustainable farming. This time there is talk of carbon footprints, speculative finance, setting the record straight... Posted Oct 01 2010, 05:40 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, crop failure, carbon footprint [Edit Tags]