Dr. John Gilliland:

No. What we did was we measured actual stocks. Our plan is to go back every five years. That is no different from the plan of Teagasc. We are just fortunate to have had the foresight to do it quite early. The process is exactly the same. All soil research groups are trying to find a magic digital wand that can be stuck in the ground and will tell one what the latest carbon is. That has not been found yet. LiDAR has been extraordinary for above-ground carbon but we do not yet have an equivalent digital tool for under the ground, so it is still rather laborious. One has to go out and sample the soil.