QUEENSLAND’S AgForce has filed court proceedings against Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek after months of opposition to a proposed plan to inject waste CO2 into the Great Artesian Basin…Read More
DEBATE is raging about the legitimacy of the new soil carbon industry after a handful of Australian producers broke new ground last year with large-scale issuances of soil carbon credits..Read More
Eric Barker, March 13, 2024CLIMATE change, economic security and key wool industry issues will be discussed at the annual Delegate Show forum on Friday, 1 March…Read More
Sheep Central, February 26, 2024AGRICULTURAL groups have made a big push for recognition of the short-lived nature of livestock methane emissions in the Federal Government’s main climate-related target…Read More
Eric Barker, February 16, 2024The Australian Government has released grant guidelines for the next funding round under Stage 3 Round 2 of the Methane Emissions Reduction in Livestock (MERiL) program…Read More
Sheep Central, January 24, 2024THE Zero Net Emissions Agricultural Cooperative Research Centre is being established to help the $70-billion sector reduce its carbon footprint…Read More
Sheep Central, January 19, 2024WHILE Victorian-based Jigsaw Farms were one of the pioneers of carbon neutral agriculture, a new study of the operation has highlighted some challenges ahead to maintain its neutral status…Read More
Eric Barker, January 15, 2024THE United Nations has released a “global agrifood roadmap” at the COP28 conference in Dubai that aims to eradicate global hunger and nutrition while transforming agrifood systems from a net emitter to a carbon sink…Read More
Sheep Central, December 13, 2023LIVESTOCK producers will this week get to interact with Australian livestock stakeholders who presented at the recent COP 28 summit in the United Arab Emirates city Dubai…Read More
Sheep Central, December 11, 2023A CONTROVERSIAL plan to inject waste CO2 from a coal-fired power station into an aquifer of the Great Artesian Basin has been met with calls for the project to be abandoned or rejected…Read More
Eric Barker, November 29, 2023AUSTRALIA should be riding on the sheep’s back once again according to climate science research that shows lamb is “the most sustainable food in the Australian food system.”..Read More
James Nason, November 24, 2023CONCERNS have been raised about the approach of the Australian Conservation Foundation after a letter was sent to a New South Wales producer enquiring about some “potentially illegal” land clearing…Read More
Eric Barker, November 22, 2023