THE Peter Schroder Memorial Lecture at this year’s Sheepvention was attended, virtually to capacity, by about 100 farmers and others interested in what Melbourne University’s Professor Richard Eckard had to say about agriculture, greenhouse gas emissions, and the ongoing quest to achieve the target of a carbon-neutral or “net-zero” economy.

The lecture was mediated by Penshurst farmer, Jonathan Jenkin with a summing up by Rabobank senior analyst, Angus Gidley-Baird.