
Breed for CH4nge at the Sheep Breeders Roundtable 2024

Project update - June 2024
It’s early days, but we’ve gathered some initial findings and progress for the project so far.

Defra announces £2.9m funding to breed low methane sheep
The sheep sector has been awarded £2.9m from DEFRA's Farming Innovation Programme, delivered by Innovate UK, fund to carry out an industrywide project designed to breed sheep with a naturally low carbon footprint and in turn help English farmers to make a positive contribution to UK agriculture’s journey towards net zero.