Smart Net-Zero

February 24, 2026 | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) |

Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has launched FarmPrint, a tool enabling farmers to evaluate, benchmark, and report their GHG emissions. FarmPrint adopts a cradle-to-farm-gate approach, measuring both on-farm emissions and those embedded in supply chains such as fertilizers, chemicals, and diesel. Developed as a prototype with early support from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and refined over 12 months of trials on CSIRO research farms, the tool allows users to assess performance against regional benchmarks, monitor emissions changes over time, and identify reduction pathways. Its calculations align with evolving national and international reporting protocols, and an application programming interface (API) enables integration with other software systems. Dr Murray Hall, CSIRO senior research scientist, noted FarmPrint addresses increasing market, lender, and supply chain pressure for transparent emissions reporting, converting CSIRO's digital agriculture research into a practical farm management resource.