First Milk regenerative farming sees increase in soil carbon

Early results from one of the largest soil carbon measurement programmes in UK dairy show measurable increases in soil carbon stocks on farms adopting regenerative practices

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First Milk regenerative farming sees increase in soil carbon

Dairy co-operative First Milk has been working with soil carbon measurement specialist Agricarbon and have undertaken interim re-sampling on three member farms nearly four years after taking initial soil...

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