NFU joins carbon capture research group

Government-funded project aims to offer farmers route to diversification and business resilience

Farmers Guardian
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The new research project aims to help UK farmers and growers target net zero and build farming resilience through diversifying their arable and forage cropping
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The new research project aims to help UK farmers and growers target net zero and build farming resilience through diversifying their arable and forage cropping

The NFU has joined a consortium of more than 20 industry and research partners to form CHCx3 (The Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping), a four-year, £5.9 million project led by crop science organisation...

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