08 Dec 2020
Welsh beef and lamb ‘among lowest greenhouse gas emissions’
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WELSH lamb and beef producers have the potential to be some of the most sustainable meat farming systems in the world, according to researchers.
A study from Bangor University found Welsh sheep and beef farms using non-intensive methods have among the lowest greenhouse gas emissions of comparable systems globally.
Researchers measured carbon emissions released through the production of lamb and beef at 20 Welsh farms, as well as the carbon absorbed from the air through the land management techniques they used.
They found that beef cattle was responsible for a net 11-16kg of CO2-equivalent emissions per kilo on average. Previous studies have suggested a global average of around 37kg of CO2-equivalent emissions per kilo.
by Ian Craig
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