Dairy farmers | Carbon audit programme to rollout on NI dairy farms in 2022

AN INITIATIVE to help tackle carbon emissions within the dairy sector has been launched in Northern Ireland.

The voluntary dairy carbon audit programme will begin in 2022 with the hope of enhancing understanding of carbon emissions in the sector and how to reduce them.

“I would emphasise that this is an industry initiative, and although voluntary, I would encourage all members of BDGs to participate. I can assure all dairy farmers that the information collected about their farm will be confidential and will not be available to the Dairy Council, DAERA or dairy processors.

“We are grateful for the help and support of CAFRE for this programme, and the opportunity it will provide to develop a better understanding of emissions and possible mitigation measures through the activities of BDGs. I cannot emphasise enough the importance of this programme in generating data that will be of great benefit, not only to individual farming businesses, but also for the industry as a whole as we work to continue to develop sales of Northern Ireland dairy products.”

Ulster Farmer Union deputy president David Brown added: “The UFU welcome the further roll out of carbon audits on farms. There are already many farms across NI undertaking this work through various initiatives and it is positive to see the dairy industry now committing to carbon audits. This will be vital to help the industry understand the baselines and drive improvements in our efforts to mitigate climate change. We would encourage every farmer who is offered the opportunity to take up the offer to learn more about their farm’s carbon footprint.”

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