“Carbon tunnel vision” that over emphasises greenhouse gas emissions as the primary metric evaluating environmental impacts risks compromising reasonable pathways to reducing livestock emissions, a new scientific paper warns…Read More
Australia is taking responsibility for increased warming it is not causing, and the consequences stretch far beyond the farm gate, according to a recently published paper…Read More
Beef Central, 10/07/2026
Work has started on a new livestock sector method to replace the terminated Beef Cettle Herd Magement scheme and allow producers to earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) for herd management practices that reduce methane emissions…Read More
James Nason, 15/06/2026
Debate has emerged this week over the future of one of Australia’s longest standing climate policies, with One Nation and the Coalition planning to scrap a key part of carbon market if either of them come into Government at the next election…Read More
Eric Barker, 12/06/2026
Looking at One Nation’s continually soaring popularity in the polls, it is fair to say scrapping Australia’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is a popular plan. The Coalition has joined in scrapping the target, meaning one side of the net zero target has lost another friend…Read More
Eric Barker, 10/06/2026
The market for Australian Carbon Credit Units has jumped in the past couple of weeks after companies covered by the country’s “safeguard mechanism” squared away their balance sheets at the end of March…Read More
Eric Barker, 28/04/2026
While environmental groups have been campaigning against the harvesting of timber from native forests for years, a not-for-profit organisation says there is untapped potential to use the practice for restoring stressed environments across the country…Read More
Eric Barker, 23/04/2026
The Federal Government has announced the formation of two new savanna burning carbon farming methodologies, alongside the remaking of the beef herd methodology it cancelled last year…Read More
Beef Central, 10/04/2026
The Federal Government has approached Meat & Livestock Australia to re-build a carbon farming methodology used to reduce livestock methane emissions – after it abruptly cancelled the old methodology in 2024…Read More
Eric Barker, 25/03/2026A new modelled measurement tool has been put to the test with one of the most successful soil carbon projects to date recently receiving a second round of credits…Read More
Eric Barker, 23/03/2026
A prominent regenerative agriculture expert says support for the movement in the United States is overwhelming, with interest from ranchers and corporates making millions available for regenerative practices…Read More
Eric Barker, 04/03/2026
The National Farmers’ Federation has called on the Federal Government to remove some of the vague principles in the framework for its new environmental laws – including references to “social license” and Indigenous heritage…Read More
Beef Central, 03/03/2026