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New environmental index launched to cut UK sheep flock carbon footprint

Findings have led to the development a new breeding value (EBV) for methane output which feeds into the new Breed for CH4nge index that ranks animals on their breeding potential for a naturally low carbon footprint

Mia Willemsen
News and business reporter
clock 鈥� 4 min read
New environmental index launched to cut UK sheep flock carbon footprint

Sheep farmers will have the opportunity to help reduce their flock's carbon footprint through both improved ewe efficiency and lower methane emissions following the results from Breed for CH4nge, a 拢3...

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