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Danish farmers will be charged a carbon tax from 2030, with the goal of reducing emissions in the agricultural sector. Photo: Chris McCullough
27-06-2024 | News

World-first carbon tax for Danish farmers

When fully established, Greengate Biogas will produce nearly 1.8 TWh per year of biomethane across multiple projects, representing approximately 3.5% of Ireland’s current natural gas demand. Photo: Canva
27-06-2024 | News

Over 2,000 Irish livestock farmers needed for biogas plants

A wind turbine was already in place at Shinagh Farm when the project commenced. Photo: Shinagh Farm
03-06-2024 | Article

World’s first carbon-neutral dairy farm

(L-R) Stacey Dimas, Chief of Staff, the Office of New York State Senator Webb; Elizabeth Wolters, Deputy Commissioner, New York State Agriculture and Markets; Guillermo Schroeder, R&D Director Cargill; Benjamin Z. Houlton; Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS; Joe McFadden, associate professor of dairy cattle biology, Cornell CALS; Brendan Tydings, administrator, Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority; Dan Kingston, Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority; Daryl V. Nydam, professor, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and David Drinkwater Faculty Director, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability; Tom Overton, Chair of Cornell CALS Animal Science Department; Jonathan Griffin, Senior Vice President, Balchem Corporation. Photo: Cargill
30-04-2024 | News

First facility with respiration stalls to reduce methane in US

The pasture-based cows will be given the Bovaer supplement in their feed, which has been researched and proven to cut emissions from cows. Photo: Canva
25-04-2024 | News

UK retail giant to cut its dairy cow emissions

Support for UK farmers to reduce costs and decarbonise
09-04-2024 | News

Support for UK farmers to reduce costs and decarbonise

Aalten, beter leven Suzanne Ruesink melkveehouderij. fotografie Hans Prinsen
21-03-2024 | News

Magazine edition 1: A dairy journey from Switzerland to Thailand

Scientists examined the effects of dietary CP content and supplementing a low CP diet with dietary starch or rumen-protected Met (RPMet) on the performance, metabolism and nitrogen-use-efficiency (NUE) in dairy cows fed a red clover and grass-based silage. Photo: Canva
01-02-2024 | News

Feeding dairy cows lower crude protein diets

The UK government has funded £3.3million to research clover use at the National Plant Phenomics Centre, IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Photo: Vince Jones - Whole Picture
24-01-2024 | News

UK gov funds research to unlock clover potential for livestock

“Our GreenFeed units allow us to undertake robust and practical research that can be used by farmers to ensure that a product that they may wish to use on their farm has data to demonstrate its effect on methane production, is safe and ultimately cost-effective,” said Professor Liam Sinclair, Director of the Animal Science Research Centre at Harper Adams. Photo: Canva
17-01-2024 | News

UK gov support: Monitoring methane in individual cows