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Livestock sector falling short on net zero targets

The UK livestock sector is currently falling well short of a 64 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2050 target

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Dr Mark Young, innovation specialist at CIEL.
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Dr Mark Young, innovation specialist at CIEL.

According to a new Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL) report, current technology and practices can only deliver a 24 per cent reduction of the UK Committee for Climate Change set target...

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