A top price of 2,700gns was achieved and 12 lots sold for 2,000gns or more when the Goostrey herd of Holsteins and Ayrshires was dispersed for Griffiths Farming, Cheshire.Leading scientists set to deliver climate change vision for farming
CLIMATE change and the carbon footprint of livestock farming is due to come under the spotlight at a debate in London tonight (Monday, September 8) as some of the world’s leading scientists gather to discuss the impact of agriculture on the environment.
The debate will see chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr Rajendra Pachauri present his vision about livestock farming and climate change for the first time in the UK.
He will be joined by experts including Defra’s chief scientific advisor Professor Robert Watson as well as the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s chief livestock specialist Dr Henning Steinfeld.
Dr Pachauri is expected to talk about the recent FAO report which claims meat production currently accounts for around 18 per cent of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
The livestock industry has warned that the figures used in the report are misleading, claiming such arguments are unbalanced and could severely damage livestock farmers in the UK.
Christopher Thomas-Everard, chairman of the National Beef Association said: “Concerned consumers should know that grass-fed UK beef has a lower carbon footprint than any alternative.
“An obvious, but sometimes ignored, feature of the UK’s topography is that 61 per cent of ground cover is either grassland or moorland, only 22 per cent is arable.
“Humans cannot eat grass but ruminant livestock convert it into a food the British have been eating for thousands of years.
“The NBA feels that yet another unproven scare story is being devised to frighten consumers away from beef.
“We also suggest that Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), who have organised tonight’s meeting, should learn a little more about beef farming and methane.”
FG will have a full report online tomorrow.
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