Data collection for farmers & growers
Use this spreadsheet to collate all the data you need for the Carbon Calculator. It also provides references for every emissions and sequestration factors used in the Calculator.
Details: Gathering data for the Farm Carbon Calculator is often the most time consuming part of doing your carbon footprint. This spreadsheet lists every item you can fill in, gives you the units required (e.g. tonnes or hectares), and helpful hints on where to access information.
All data you require for the Calculator relates only to your business, over the previous 12 months (except for capital items, which is anything under 10 years). If it doesn’t apply to you, move on to the next item/section/page.
We also provide versions for organic farmers & growers, and farms without livestock.
Download the spreadsheet – general (Excel, 867Kb) Download the spreadsheet – organic (Excel, 815Kb) Download the spreadsheet – no livestock (Excel, 742Kb)
How to Guide for Farm Carbon Calculator
This guide gives you a step-by-step process of completing the Farm Carbon Calculator. We also have a video to guide you through the process visually.
Download the How to Guide (PDF, 357Kb) Watch our video to guide you through the process visually
Using the Overheads Option
When calculating product footprints you need to calculate the overheads of your farm business as part of the process. This video shows you how to do that.
Practical Guide to Soil Carbon
An excellent resource in how to measure and analyse Soil Organic Matter and Soil Carbon, plus a range of other proxy soil health measurements.
Really useful for preparing data for Soil Organic Matter for the Calculator.
Download Monitoring Soil Carbon (PDF, 442Kb)
What’s new for April 2024 update
This document provides an overview of what’s new for the latest update of the Farm Carbon Calculator (April 2024).
Download “What’s new for April 2024 update” (PDF 1.6Mb)
Corrections to previous versions of the Farm Carbon Calculator
We've also been working to revamp our benchmarking functionality - you can read more about these updates on our blog.
Methodology of the Calculator
An overview of how the calculations behind the Calculator are made and references upon which they are based:
Download our Calculator Methodology (PDF, 2.14MB) Download our references (PDF, 76Kb)
Each year we commission an independent review of the methodology which underpins our Calculator - to make sure we're giving the most accurate carbon footprints possible. You can read all about our latest review by The Carbon Trust here.
Terms and Conditions
Download the Calculator and Website Terms and Conditions (PDF, 107kb)