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One year in: farmer-led emissions reduction in practice
One year into delivery, the UK Dairy Carbon Network (UK-DCN) Farm Networks are demonstrating what practical, commercially grounded emissions reduction looks like on real dairy farms. The project is built around collaboration. Farmers choose the interventions...
What really drives the carbon footprint of milk?
New findings from the UK Dairy Carbon Network (UK-DCN) show that the carbon footprint of milk is shaped by many small, everyday management decisions rather than any single factor. The work also highlights feed efficiency as...
The UK Dairy Carbon Network is holding its first open farm events
The UK Dairy Carbon Network (UK-DCN) is launching its first open meetings for dairy farmers, with a series of practical, on-farm events demonstrating ways to improve efficiency, profitability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Three meetings will...
A forage-first approach to building efficiency
Grass has always done the heavy lifting on the Williamson farm near Scarva, Co Armagh. By putting milk from forage at the centre of their system, Ivan and Elaine Williamson, farming alongside their son Lewis, have...
Tracking dairy emissions with sniffers
Understanding and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions begins with access to reliable, real-world data. This principle sits at the heart of Newcastle University’s contribution to the UK Dairy Carbon Network (UK-DCN) project, drawing on its development...
Northern Ireland farmers turn to forage to drive down GHGs
Farm Liaison Officers, Jonathan McAleese and Stephen Shanks, have been discussing ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with their network of UK-Dairy Carbon Network (UK-DCN) farms across Northern Ireland. Several options are currently available for...
Steady progress towards greater efficiency
Improving efficiency and resilience while maintaining high milk quality is at the heart of Stuart Galloway’s approach at Barvernochan Farm in Wigtownshire. As one of the Scottish farms participating in the UK Dairy Carbon Network (UK-DCN),...
Breeding resilience, one generation at a time
Farm Liaison Officer, Sarah Taylor, has been discussing options to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with dairy farms across South-West England and South Wales, with breeding emerging as one of the most popular early choices across...
Driving dairy innovation together
UK Dairy Carbon Network Project Director, Steven Morrison, tells us about the project’s progress, innovation and efforts working together to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across UK dairy farms. For those who don’t know you, can...
Innovative feed technology wins measurement technology challenge
Fermentrics (UK) Ltd has been named the winner of the UK Dairy Carbon Network’s 2025 Measurement Technology Competition for its innovative approach to measuring and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on dairy farms. The company’s winning...