YEN Zero

YEN Zero is a recently established network in the ADAS YEN Family, with the overarching aim of creating a net-zero community. It aims to bring key players from across the agricultural industry together to meet the industry’s target of achieving net zero emissions by 2040.

Website

https://www.yen.adas.co.uk/projects/yen-zero

Twitter

https://twitter.com/YENZer0

YEN Zero is creating a space where:

Knowledge can be shared around key net-zero topics
Metrics for calculating cropping carbon footprints can be agreed upon to create consensus across the industry
Mitigation strategies can be communicated and tested on farm to find out ‘what works’

YEN Zero focuses on the analysis and benchmarking of combinable crop carbon footprints on a per-field basis. In the near future, we aspire to grow this into carbon accounting on a whole farm scale. The benchmarking of crop greenhouse gas intensities will enable fair and easy comparison of emissions between farms, fields, and crops. From there, we will be able to see what mitigation strategies work best and explore these further to see if the benefits can be replicated for others.

Find out more at www.yen.adas.co.uk/projects/yen-zero

YEN Zero is now open for registration for growers - Benchmark 6 fields and join a sequence of workshops. There are a number of free sponsored places currently available that will be filled on a first come first serve basis. We also have free sponsored places available specifically for malted barley growers. Email yenzero@adas.co.uk to register, or visit our website, linked above, and fill out the form there.

Our first workshop of the 24/25 season will be held on the 4th November 14:00-15:30 and it will be on 'Making economic sense of mitigation measures to reduce crop carbon footprints'. For more information and to sign up click here.

YEN Zero Flyer3.4 MB

Discussion Workshop - Introduction to YEN Zero - Oct 2021683.72 KB

Discussion Workshop - Soil C Sequestration - Jan 2022610.79 KB

Discussion Workshop - Mitigation Strategies - Apr 2022796.83 KB

Discussion Workshop - Land Sparing/Sharing - Oct 2022512.32 KB

Discussion Workshop - Organic Materials - Feb 2023608.76 KB

23/24 Results Meeting3.46 MB

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25/06/2022 - 08:24

We've posted results from our first year - see reactions on the LinkedIn thread below...

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