methane

One of the highlights of the All About Feed forum was the roundtable discussion with Gert van Duinkerken, business unit manager at Wageningen Livestock Research, Sanne Griffioen-Roose, PhD, director of farm sustainability at FrieslandCampina, and Luciano Pinotti, full professor in animal nutrition and feeding at the University of Milan. Together with the attendees, they discussed the implications of a more sustainable feed industry. Photos: Koos Groenewold
26-07-2023 | News

What shapes the future of animal feed?

A focus on net zero livestock in the UK
11-07-2023 | News

A focus on net zero livestock in the UK

AstraZeneca began purchasing the Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) produced by Vanguard Renewables. Vanguard Renewables will work with dairy farmers and food and beverage manufacturers, retailers and distributors to produce RNG using farm-based anaerobic digestion (AD) from food and dairy cow manure. Photo: Chris McCullough
10-07-2023 | News

US: Pharmaceutical giant turns to dairy sector to cut carbon

Nutritional strategies to reduce the cow’s carbon footprint can act directly or indirectly within the cow, while presenting different economic considerations for producers. Photo: Shutterstock
06-07-2023 | Article

Economics of direct and indirect approaches to reduce methane

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

The [Dutch] government aims to cut nitrogen emissions in half by 2030, as relatively large numbers of livestock and heavy use of fertilizers have led to levels of nitrogen oxides in the soil and water that violate European Union regulations. Photo: Canva
13-04-2023 | Article

Dutch politics could shape the future of its dairy industry

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

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

Like every edition, the conference took place at the Paris la Villette Convention Center, with more than 600 delegates. Photo: Philippe Caldier
09-01-2023 | Article

Dairy conference: Protein self-sufficiency and sustainability

Lars van de Nieuwenhof accurately weighs Bovaer10, Agrifirm's mineral mixture to which Bovaer has been added, for use in his feed mixer. He calculates with 150 g of Bovaer10 per cow per day. Photo: Bert Jansen
04-11-2022 | News

Bovaer pilot: CO2 reduction revenue model