FarmZeroC wants its approach to be deployed across thousands of farms
Cattle grazing on Shinagh dairy farm near Bandon, Co Cork, where the Carbery Group is making progress in establishing a climate-neutral farm – the carbon footprint of the farm has been reduced by 27 per cent since 2018
“The ambition is to develop a ‘climate-neutral’ dairy farm. The original ambition was to be ‘carbon neutral’. But we pivoted pretty quickly because we realised that was too narrow,” says Enda Buckley, He highlights benefits from actions such as wiring off corners of fields for nature. “You let what’s there flourish. It’s not costing and it’s definitely good.”
Habitats are mapped using satellites “to show farmers what they have, and how they can make improvements”. Typically, the cows are smaller but hardier, generating “very high milk solids” – translating into more money for farmers. They are highly efficient “because you get more milk off them in their lifetime”.
More long-term projects involve developing new food sources – possibly from beet pulp or rapeseed – to replace imported soya, and using “natural biostimulants” as fertilisers, notably seaweeds. “The FarmZeroC project is significant because, despite the name, its environmental ambitions were to not only reduce carbon emissions but to also enhance biodiversity,” she says.
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