Carbon

Division on show as soil carbon method goes under review

A review of Australia’s soil carbon scheme is showing ongoing division about how the industry should be legislated, prompting the soil carbon industry to call for suspensions of the program to be quickly ruled out…Read More

Eric Barker, 10/06/2025

UNE conference to get down to earth about land and climate

A conference intended to build alliances between farmers, agribusiness and researchers interested in land-based solutions to climate change will be held at the University of New England (UNE) later this month…Read More

Beef Central, 06/06/2025

Costs of transitioning the livestock sector to net-zero

By focusing on productivity and stacking several interventions producers can transition to net-zero in a profitable way. ..Read More

Lydia Burton, 06/06/2025

Livestock still a hard sell to “natural capital” investors

Livestock are still proving to be a hard sell to corporates investing in “natural capital”, according to observations from a recent ag investment forum in the United States…Read More

Eric Barker, 04/06/2025

Opinion: Govt needs to scale up opportunities for producers to reach emissions targets

As the dust settles on the Federal Election, we can be confident that the new government will continue to prioritise action on climate, building on the policies implemented in the last term. But there are big decisions to make on the ACCU scheme…Read More

Ashley Silver, 28/05/2025

Explainer: Climate Active debate the latest in a line of Government indecision

Debate has this week erupted over a carbon neutral accreditation scheme, run by the Australian Government, after dozens of companies and one of the country’s biggest carbon aggregators announced they were exiting the scheme…Read More

Eric Barker, 27/05/2025

Coffey Cattle field day to give insight into growing forestry opportunities

Discovering how integrating trees and cattle can benefit a grazing business will be the centre of a field day held by well-known Central Queensland producers Adam and Jacynta Coffey…Read More

Beef Central, 20/05/2025

Central Qld Brahman breeders soil carbon credit sale shows diversified income potential

One of the first Australian producers to make a large sale of soil carbon credits says he plans to use the income to make more off-farm investments and set the operation up for the future…Read More

Eric Barker, 02/05/2025

Carbon uncertainty pushes NT cattle station to market

Uncertainty created by a delay in the rollout of a new carbon farming methodology has been given as the reason for a Northern Territory cattle station going on the market…Read More

Beef Central, 19/03/2025

Push to change feedlot emissions accounting takes another step

A push to change the accounting of feedlot emissions has taken another step, with the publication of research demonstrating that the current methodology used in official accounts is overestimating the industry’s footprint by 43pc…Read More

Beef Central, 18/03/2025

Carbon markets: ACCU prices drop as more soil carbon projects sign up

Australian carbon credit units have hit a seven-month low after the industry regulator released its report last week flagging a year of strong supply ahead…Read More

Eric Barker, 07/03/2025

Cattle methane: Clear thinking needed

The book “Should meat be on the menu?” explores the widely held misconception that sheep, cattle and other grazing animals are responsible for an enormous net production of new global warming gases…Read More

David Mason-Jones, 07/03/2025

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