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Papers considered by the panel 

Five papers were presented to the panel for consideration.

  1. Changing the conflicts of interest wording and protocols in the Panel terms of reference.
  2. Changing the proportion of lambs held over to a second slaughter date.
  3. Improving estimates of within-year beef cattle population and liveweight change.
  4. Including EcoPond for dairy cattle.
  5. Updating emissions calculations for pigs.

Three other papers were presented to the panel for its information.

  1. Corrections to the inventory model.
  2. Progress of model migration from Excel to R.
  3. Update on research on EF1 for non-urea N fertilisers.

Outcomes from the 2023 meeting

The panel recommended:

  • an updated conflict of interest process
  • updated assumptions on the portion of lambs held over to a second slaughter date
  • improved modelling to estimate within-year beef cattle population and liveweight change.

Minutes of the 2023 Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Inventory Advisory Panel Meeting [PDF, 669 KB]

2023 summary papers and technical reports

Note, some data has been redacted in the linked papers on request of the researchers (ahead of independent publication of final results).

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