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The National Farmers’ Union says GWP* provides a measure of the behaviour of methane in the atmosphere and its net contribution to global warming to a greater degree of accuracy. Photo: Twan Wiermans
06-06-2023 | News

Calls for new methane metric to be used for GHG calculations

Dairy cow numbers in Ireland have risen since the abolishment of milk quotas in April 2015 with numbers currently totalling 1.5 million head. Photo: Chris McCullough
06-06-2023 | News

Irish gov. suggests culling 65,000 cows yearly due to emissions

Rumen-protected fat supplements offer a largely unique approach to methane mitigation efforts. As established ingredients for improving production and fertility aspects in dairy and other ruminant diets, a beneficial effect on methane reduction is achieved more as a ‘side-effect’ in addition to the performance gains for which these supplements are typically used for economic return. Photo: Canva
05-06-2023 | Expert opinion

Methane production and rumen-protected fats

Coming soon! All About Feed Forum 2023
18-05-2023 | News

Coming soon! All About Feed Forum 2023

The demonstration farm at the centre of the project is a 290-hectare property surrounding Fonterra’s Whareroa site. Photo: Nestlé
03-03-2023 | News

New Zealand gets its first net zero carbon emissions dairy farm

A guide to good hygiene practices: Edition 1 is available!
02-03-2023 | News

A guide to good hygiene practices: Edition 1 is available!

Farmers hold a unique power to be an innovative part of the solutions to climate change. Photo: Ronald Hissink
16-02-2023 | News

Sustainable dairy: Establishing net-zero farms

Scientists found there was an 85% correlation between collected methane and predicted methane, with the conclusion being there is a genetic way to lower methane. Photo Canva
01-02-2023 | News

Breeding lower methane cows

Earthworms are used to aerate the substrate. Vermifiltration produces vermicompost which can be used on soil and crops. Photo: Sustainable Sanitation Alliance
03-11-2022 | Article

How vermifiltration technology lowers methane emissions

Pilot farmer Koen Slegers said: “We did not notice any change in the behaviour of the animals and the milk production remained the same. We look forward to continuing to use this product and keeping the carbon footprint of our milk as low as possible.” Photo: Mark Pasveer
20-07-2022 | News

Promising methane emission reductions trial