Expert Analysis: Carbon Effects on Farmers

In the second video of this series I interview Professor Richard Eckard of University of Melbourne to get his input on the issues facing farmers with the growing focus on carbon. Professor is a global expert on soil carbon and farming and advises governments globally as to complience policy development.

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[craigthompson]

Thank you Tim. Very informative and a good introduction to a complex topic. I particularly liked the way Richard explained the relationship between methane and CO2. It is the first time I’ve seen it explained without either scaremongering or sales spinning (depending what you want the answer to be). For us we need to understand our (real) impact, take accountability and implement good practices.

[Brendan-bn]

“You will own nothing, and be happy “ by 2030, how does this World Economic Forum statement factor into your equation professor?

[grantpiper]

Any decent farmer is already trying to build the nutrient and water cycle on their land. No one pays me for doing this, I just hope it makes my production and livestock health better over the long term. Despite that the climate boiling idiots won't leave us alone - 40 years of hyperbolic propaganda does not trump millions of years of geological data. No one accounts for the volcanic emissions, the immense amount of fuel burnt and destroyed for no gain in Ukraine - what we do is irrelevant, if it is a problem at all. This sh1t should not even reach the light of day, our Gov should ban corporate scams.

[Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

This guy understands how the corporate world is going to squeeze the ag sector out of their land useing carbon credits 🤔😳

[avid]

Well thats interesting. I posted a link to a series of videos that put the whole climate change business in doubt and a few minutes later the comment is gone. Why is that?

[jwv]

I was going to type a long comment, but decided to summarise: corruption at it's finest.

[geoffrees]

Great Video Tim. The issue around methane (natural gas), I have always believed that the emissions from gas exploration, transportation, storage and consumption along with the coal face Emissions of methane far out way the emissions from agriculture.
The trend towards greater uptake of natural gas exploration and coal mining just strengthens my resolve on this matter.

[toonarmyoz]

What’s to stop me doing a pump and dump on farms by selling the credits and moving onto the next farm, scam

[Bob-tc]

Stupid question here… if your a cocky on marginal land which is reliant on irrigation and high fertiliser inputs then in a market that rewards carbon efficiency surely you will be pushed out with financial penalties…. So highly productive land ie high rainfall good soil will become more profitable versus marginal large scale enterprises… sorry this is all BS.. farmers are already seeking to be the most productive as a profit driver exercise, they don’t need another layer of carbon accounting garbage to deal with.. this is academia and city politicians pushing more BS on to landowners.. all this benefit the corporate farm, no one else..

[cmcm]

Does this mean your farm is worth more than the land value?

[bruv]

It would be prudent to lock out large and dirty business, and look at other carbon credit companies such as Agroprove, etc

[squeaker]

Where does all the carbon come from to sequester in my soil? Weve been buying truck loads of woodchips for our avocado farm and it works well. But scale this up for all farms and we'll need alot more timber plantations. If we cant close the nutrient cycle (recycle human bodily waste and put it back in the soil from where it came) we will eventually deplete the land not just of carbon but of precious minerals and microorganisms. This is not just a problem, its a major predicament.

[learnedtobe]

I just would not comply. Its stupid as hell.