Carbon farming and sensible instruments – Teagasc

11 November 2025

Leading researchers, policymakers, trade personnel and farmers gathered in Co. Offaly as we speak, November 11, to debate sensible and rising options to allow farming for a greater local weather.

The Signpost Programme and the Teagasc Climate Centre hosted convention titled: ‘Farming for a Better Climate: Practical and Emerging Solutions’ handled matters together with world sustainability expectations and Ireland’s progress towards assembly them.

Other matters mentioned included what’s within the methane toolbox, updates on AgNav and the position of forestry in assembly our greenhouse gasoline emissions targets. There have been analysis updates on the carbon footprint of Irish grains, hedgerow carbon measurement, fertiliser inhibitors and lowering methane emissions from slurry.

Addressing delegates on the convention, Bord Bia’s Mick Houlihan highlighted the elevated calls for of customers and worldwide purchasers for verifiable sustainable sourced meals, however he burdened “the considerable strengths we have in Ireland to meet this demand, including robust infrastructure, collaboration between public and private sectors, advanced data use, high-quality production systems, strong regulation, and world-leading research and innovation.”

The day concluded with a hands-on Carbon Farming Framework Workshop with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and Department of Climate, Energy, and the Environment (DCEE), permitting contributors within the convention to have their say in how this new framework would possibly work in apply.

“There are plenty of tools and technologies already available to help farmers cut greenhouse gas emissions, and many of these can also make farms more efficient and profitable,” mentioned Head of the Teagasc Climate Centre, Karl Richards.

He defined that carbon farming gives one other approach for farmers to be rewarded for lowering emissions and storing extra carbon if the schemes are easy to make use of and make monetary sense to farmers.

For extra info and to learn the shows from as we speak’s convention, go to right here.