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We hear that methane produced by cows is terrible for the environment; in 2015 it comprised 16% of all greenhouse gases.
In fact, it is estimated that methane’s global-warming potential is seen as 28 times greater (over 100 years) than the villain CO2.
But Toyota has a plan to use it for good, as announced at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. It wants to build a renewable energy plant in California and run it purely on methane from cow poop.
The plant, scheduled for start-up in 2020, will use the methane to make water, hydrogen and electricity.
Trade Minister Todd McClay says New Zealand has no intention of backing down in a trade dispute with Canada over dairy products.
There have been leadership changes at the Hamilton-based Dairy Goat Co-operative, which has been struggling financially in recent years.
Horticulture NZ chief executive Nadine Tunley will step down in August.
OPINION: In recent years farmers have been crying foul of unworkable and expensive regulations.
Another 16 commercial beef farmers have been selected to take part in the Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme designed to help drive the uptake of genetics in the industry.
Trade Minister Todd McClay says Kiwi exporters will be $100 million better off today as the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) comes into force.
