On-farm actions (potential) - Soil carbon

This guide highlights potential actions you can take to maintain or increase soil carbon on farms. It discusses:

• The benefits of using diverse swards and modified grazing systems, which can improve plant resilience and reduce the need for chemical fertilisers
• Adding organic materials like manure and biochar to boost soil carbon
• Keeping soils vegetated with cover crops helps prevent carbon loss, and
• Good irrigation management is important too to lower nitrous oxide emissions and preserve soil carbon.