Carbon planning – an approach for now and the future – a producer perspective
Date: Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Time: 8.00pm AEDT
Presenter: Jon Wright
Details: Join Jon Wright from Blue-E as he shares a producer perspective on positioning a farm business to reduce emissions and work towards carbon neutrality.
Date: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Time: 8.00pm AEDT
Presenter: Dr Stephen Wiedemann
Details: Join Dr Stephen Wiedemann from Integrity Ag & Environment as we explore carbon accounting principles for Australian pastoral systems.
Stephen will discuss:
- Carbon accounting methodology and principles
- Carbon farm audits - what information is required?
- Actions that can be taken with carbon farm audits
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Date: Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Time: 8.00pm AEST
Presenter: Richard Eckard
Details:
Join Professor Richard Eckard from the University of Melbourne. Richard will discuss:
Why should producers care?
- What can producers do now? What's coming in the pipeline?
- What are the traps to avoid?
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Date: Wednesday October 20, 2021
Time: 8.00pm AEDT
The Australian red meat and livestock industry has set the ambitious target to be Carbon Neutral by 2030. This target means that by 2030, Australian beef, lamb and goat production, including lot feeding and meat processing, will make no net release of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the atmosphere. MLA's Margaret Jewell will take the audience through:
- What are the benefits to beef producers
- What is being done to achieve this target
- What has been achieved by the industry to date.
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