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Agriculture: Carbon Emissions

Commons · Question 29200 · Tabled 11 Sep 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 18 Sep 2026

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Asked by Sarah Dyke

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that agricultural carbon reporting frameworks distinguish clearly between independently verified data, modelled estimates and elements tha

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Answered by Stephen Morgan, 18 Sep 2026

For farms businesses and agricultural products Defra is developing a standardised approach to carbon reporting. The work aims to establish robust methodologies and criteria for high-quality farm carbon assessments. It will improve the consistency and reli...