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Farming Today: How can UK farming reach Net Zero?

How can UK farming reach Net Zero?

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, How can UK farming reach Net Zero?

From reducing fertiliser use to planting trees... what should farmers be doing?

The NFU has set a target for farming in England and Wales to reach Net Zero for green house gas emissions by 2040. What does that mean for farmers?

The environment and climate change have never been higher up the farming agenda. The National Farmers Union has set a target to reach net zero greenhouse gas  emissions across the whole of agriculture in England and Wales by 2040. That's in addition to the UK Government's target to reach Net Zero by 2050...and an ambition in Scotland to reach the goal by 2045.

So how realistic are those targets for farming, how much of a challenge will be be for farmers to meet them, and how is UK agriculture taking practical steps towards NET ZERO? 

Caz Graham is joined in the studio by an expert panel to try and answer those questions:
-Martin Lines, UK Chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network
-Professor Myles Allen, Leader of the Climate Research Programme at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute
-Edward Hanrahan, Chairman at Climate Care, which is a company that facilitates carbon offsetting

Presented by Caz Graham
Produced by Heather Simons

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