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Beef Webinar Series 2021: Carbon – an opportunity and a challenge

30 Sep 2021

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Thursday 30th September, 8.00pm

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC), Northern Ireland Meat Export Association (NIMEA), National Beef Association (NBA) and Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) have joined forces to deliver a series of beef webinars with a focus on sustainable beef farming for the future.

The third in the series of four webinars will take place on Thursday 30th September at 8.00pm to discuss Carbon – an opportunity and a challenge.

The topics to be covered during this event will include:
  • A review of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and the key areas which beef farmers should focus on to both reduce emissions and capture carbon.
  • Discussion of the technologies and measures in place on the farm, which not only deliver results from a production efficiency perspective but that also deliver environmental gains. 
  • Benefits of completing a carbon benchmark
  • Discussion of some of the technologies and changes that have been proven over the years to improve profitability on beef farms and highlight how their continued and further implementation can deliver environmental and further profitability benefits.
Chair:
  • Aileen Lawson, Senior Policy Officer, UFU
Speakers:
  • Dr. Elizabeth Magowan, Director of Sustainable Agri-Food Sciences, AFBI
  • Sinead Mathers, Agri-Environment Adviser, CAFRE
  • Bill Harpur, Suckler beef farmer from Portrush
  • Phelim Connolly, Agri-Environment Adviser, CAFRE
  • Aleathea Brown, Senior Technologist, CAFRE

Registration is now open

This event requires registration. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email message with instructions on how to join.