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Sponsors Feature – Cargill
Methane typically forms half of a ruminant farm's greenhouse gas emissions, and Cargill highlights methane-reducing feed products as an essential tool to decarbonise agriculture.

Sponsors Feature – Eurofins
As global population grows, Eurofins is helping the animal agriculture industry balance rising food demand with protecting the environment, welfare and consumer expectations.

Meet the speakers... Wil Armitage, Dairy farmer
Organic dairy farmer Wil Armitage made his name in the Holstein show ring before becoming herd manager at Keythorpe Lakes Farm, building the former Lyons pedigree herd's reputation.

Sponsors Feature – Elanco
Elanco is a global leader in animal health, innovating products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets, creating value for farmers and the wider industry.

Sponsors Feature – Livestock Information
The Livestock Information Service, established in 2019, is transforming the quality of livestock movement data throughout the supply chain to improve industry sustainability.

Meet the speakers... Professor Elizabeth Magowan
Professor Elizabeth Magowan of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute says farmers must focus on reducing gross farm emissions to cut their carbon footprint and support net zero.

Meet the speakers... Director of Research Professor Sharon Huws
Professor Sharon Huws of Queen's University Belfast has found ruminant methane can be cut by up to 60% through dietary intervention, according to the latest Northern Ireland trials.

Sponsors Feature – Illumina
Illumina's innovative sequencing and genotyping solutions are revolutionising agrigenomics and animal breeding, enabling precise genomic analysis and informed selection decisions.

Sponsors Feature – ABP
ABP has built a sixty-year reputation for quality and innovation, supplying retail, foodservice and manufacturing customers while supporting over 12,000 UK farming families.

The journey to Net Zero, the ARC Zero experience
Farmers in Northern Ireland are making significant progress towards Net Zero through the pioneering ARCZero project, ahead of a legal requirement to cut emissions by 48% before 2030.

Sponsors Feature – Agrecalc
Agrecalc, developed by SAC Consulting and SRUC, has grown from a small carbon footprint calculator for imported lamb in 2007 into a fully-fledged farm carbon accounting platform.

Co-op funds conference places for students and young farmers
The Co-op is funding 40 young farmer and agricultural student places at this year's BCBC conference in Telford, themed 'Green Genes: revolutionising cattle breeding for the future'.
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