Projects

Carbon Positive May Update

Carbon Positive Project Update April 2024

Carbon Positive March Update

Carbon Positive Project February Update

Carbon Positive Project Update - Cover Crops

Winter cover crops were planted in late April after sweetcorn was harvested

Minimising Cultivation

The Carbon Positive project has been trialing commercial planting technologies that allow crops to be planted into soils with mulch cover.

Carbon Positive Project

Carbon Positive - Regenerating soil carbon in soils used for intensive field cropping. Comparing conventional vs regenerative intensive field crop systems.

Soil Carbon Measurement Project

This project is designed to measure with scientific rigour the ability of farm practices to increase soil carbon. increase soil carbon.

Environmental/Economic Farm Assessments Project

Complete a holistic economic and environmental assessment of ten dairy and sheep/beef exemplar farms across HB.

Inventory Database Project

Beginning to build an inventory (database) of both previous HB ‘awarded’ best practitioners (eg, Primary Sector Awards, Ballance Farm Environment Awards, various sectors) and other HB exemplars identified by sector groups, trade media and Trustees.