The Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) strengthens the infrastructure built for primary production research by centralising and intensifying their use and by building new partnerships. Luke strengthens in particular Kuopio (Maaninka) as the main focus of lawn research based on high-quality infrastructure, on-site human capital and key location. The system research platform in North Savo is being developed in a variety of ways to meet the needs of grass research and peatland research. This project will significantly strengthen the measurement infrastructure for greenhouse gas emissions and the conditions for field research closely linked to grass production and its environmental impacts, such as carbon sequestration and low carbon. In the short term, the project will substantially refine the national greenhouse gas emission calculation (NIR). The policy will be implemented especially in the coming years, as the knowledge is growing, which the project has a high share of. This is of tremendous importance in both domestic and EU-level environmental policy for Finland as a whole, and especially for Northern Savo agriculture. According to international rules for NIR, national emission factors may only be used if the calculation method is scientifically accepted. Thanks to high-quality instrumentation and the national network of top researchers, the scientific publication of the results will be rapid and effective. For the reliability of the results, it is of utmost importance that measurements are made in the production area (predominant natural conditions, farm production systems). From the point of view of northern Savo’s agricultural production, this is a very important advantage. For example, an error of just under one kilo in the N2O per hectare emission volume (kg/v) would cause a significant error of interpretation due to an emission factor 300 times higher than CO2. The project consists of three measures: 1) The implementation of a network of cyclic covariance measuring instruments on mineral soil and organic peatland to determine the greenhouse gas balances of production as part of the national and international network, 2) the development and equipping of the field research environment of grass and the environment with up-to-date research equipment, and 3) the functional renewal of the research yardless towards a carbon-neutral research facility. The consumer’s acceptability of products produced by ruminants is increasingly dependent on the environmental load of the products, in particular the carbon footprint. The project will make it possible to measure both the negative and the positive effects of current production and thus determine the actual production load in a credible way. In the longer term, the development of farming technology is proven to be more environmentally friendly. The project will also indirectly improve the region’s competitive position in international competition. This type of research infrastructure and interfaces with different networks (e.g. AnaEE, ICOS, ATF) is an attractive international partner. The project will have a strong impact on the development of the scientific field, which has already been seen as a result of the introduction of similar systems, e.g. in forest research.