During the recent 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), 153 countries set new targets towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.According to the European Commission, in 2017 agricultural activities accounted for 10 of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. This percentage represents a significant improvement as the agricultural sector decreased emissions by 19 between 1990 and 2017.If we turn our focus to dairy farming, there have been several scientific studies in recent years on how different dairy farming activities impact greenhouse gas emissions; how to predict the outcomes; and detecting areas for improvement.One of these studies is the Ruminant Farm Systems (RuFaS) model which can predict the environmental impact of dairy production in four main areas; animal, manure, field and feed storage.
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