Landwards Winter 2021
Landwards Conference 2021
Alistair Walshaw
Future Fuels in Agriculture The Institution’s annual conference was delivered virtually again this year, on Wednesday 3rd November and focused on alternatives to carbon-based fuels for farming. A range of expert speakers took delegates through the options. Making the most of a waste Farming has a significant chance to reduce its carbon footprint by converting methane, a green‐house gas many times more dangerous 16
than carbon dioxide, into a valuable asset. Livestock production generates a significant volume of methane, but the sector has a unique ability to
capture most of that gas and use it as a fuel, suggest researchers. While other alternative fuels have been discussed, tested and experimented on, methane has several key advantages over them.
