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Accelerating innovation is critical for the livestock sector to meet its GHG emissions targets. Photo: Canva

11-07 | 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 | 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 | Article

Economics of direct and indirect approaches to reduce methane

Cows with a one-point higher score for EnviroCow don’t just produce 10% less methane in their enteric emissions – they also consume 10% less feed and produce a massive 33% higher weight of fat and protein in their lifetime than the average cow. Photo: Peter Roek

28-06 | News

UK milk producers urged to run genetic carbon audits

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 | 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 | News

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

Farmers hold a unique power to be an innovative part of the solutions to climate change. Photo: Ronald Hissink

16-02 | News

Sustainable dairy: Establishing net-zero farms

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

Transportation, housing and food production and delivery all contribute to the emission of greenhouse gas (GHG) and contribute to individual and global carbon footprints. Photo: Canva

03-11-2022 | Article

Welfare and sustainability: A balancing act for global dairy

There are a number of other actions farmers can take to reduce the carbon footprint. Photo: Chris McCullough

24-10-2022 | News

How dairy farms can reduce carbon footprint

Photo: Ellinbank

30-05-2022 | Article

Who will win the dairy carbon-neutrality race?