Plant-based bubble bursts
OPINION: Talking about plant-based food: “Chicken-free chicken” start-up Sunfed has had its valuation slashed to zero by major investor Blackbird Ventures, and its products are no longer available in supermarkets.
OPINION: Scientists in Ireland are going underwater to solve their dairy sector’s methane conundrum.
They are combing the west coast for seaweed to feed to cattle and sheep after research showed it could stop them breathing out so much climate-warming methane.
The project, coordinated by a state agriculture body, is banking on the country’s growing seaweed industry to help the dairy sector avoid reversing a surge in Irish cattle numbers to reduce Europe’s largest per capita methane output by 2030.
About 20 species of seaweed, most from Ireland’s windswept Atlantic coast, have been tested by researchers. Scientists in the US and Australia have already demonstrated dramatic methanereducing qualities from one seaweed type – Asparagopsis – when small quantities are added to the feedstock.
But they have not yet managed to scale up production of the seaweed, which is not easy to grow in northwest Europe. The Irish hope they are luckier!
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford is claiming “some real success” on the 12 policy priorities it placed before the Coalition Government.
Federated Farmers is throwing its support behind the Fast-track Approvals Bill introduced by the Coalition Government to enable a fast-track decision-making process for infrastructure and development projects.
The latest report from ANZ isn’t good news for sheep farmers: lamb returns are forecast to remain low.
Divine table grapes that herald the start of a brand-new industry in Hawke’s Bay have been coming off vines in Maraekakaho.
In what appears to be a casualty of the downturn in the agricultural sector, a well-known machinery brand is now in the hands of liquidators and owing creditors $6.6 million.
One of New Zealand’s deepest breeder Jersey herds – known for its enduring connection through cattle with the UK’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II – will host its 75th anniversary celebration sale on-farm on April 22.
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