NI agriculture: Farmers aren’t trying to destroy the environment

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A County Fermanagh farmer adopts new methods in the goal to lower carbon emissions.

BBC News NI agriculture and environment correspondentJohn Egerton has farmed his land near Rosslea in County Fermanagh for four decades.He and his sons have been measuring carbon on the farm for more than two years to provide them with a baseline figure for reducing emissions."We've been stitching in both red and white clover to try and reduce the amount of artificial nitrogen that we're using.

There, government scientists will demonstrate the cutting-edge research and latest developments to help farming transition to lower emissions.

 

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