Summary

Agtuary’s greenhouse gas emissions assessment calculates a property’s emissions based on its business activities and the consumption of energy, fuel and commodities.

It works by collecting information about any livestock, crop or land management at the property (along with related fuel, electricity and commodity consumption), then posting that information to a GHG emissions calculator.

The GHG emissions calculator is managed by Agricultural Innovation Australia (AIA), as part of their collaboration with Melbourne University **to digitise Melbourne University’s Greenhouse Accounting Framework (GAF) Excel tools.

Why should Farmers calculate their greenhouse gas emissions?

Farmers should calculate their greenhouse gas emissions generated at their properties so they can:

• Learn how they can contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change
• Sell ‘low emissions’ commodities at a premium
• Get preferential pricing on finance from lenders
• Be allowed to trade with certain markets (like the European Union)
• Fulfil any other obligations such as the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGER)

How to use the GHG Emissions calculator

The process of calculator a property’s GHG emissions runs over four phases:

1. Find and prepare business information
2. Input business data
   1. Define which enterprise types happen at the property
   2. Log business activities (herds, crops etc) and consumption
3. Allocate consumption to business activities