An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works

An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works

Seven hundred breeding cows and heifers reared in a ‘carbon neutral farming system’ sold in NSW on Thursday. But can a live cow be carbon neutral?

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Australia’s first carbon-neutral cattle sale took place this week.

Seven hundred Angus breeding cows and heifers, reared through a “carbon-neutral farming system”, went under the hammer at the saleyards in Gloucester, a small town three hours’ drive from Sydney, on Thursday.

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