Displaying items by tag: METHANE EMISSIONS

Beef+Lamb New Zealand and the Ag Emissions Centre have launched a new research project aimed at helping beef farmers reduce methane emissions without impacting productivity or profitability.

Visiting US climate change expert Dr Will Happer says the idea of reducing cow numbers to greatly reduce methane emissions is crazy.

OPINION: The Hound reckons a big problem with focusing too much on the wrong goal - reducing livestock emissions at the expanse of food production, in this case - is that the Government starts throwing taxpayer coin at increasingly ridiculous ideas.

According to a new farmer survey, many farmers are rejecting New Zealand’s current ruminant methane strategy.

New Zealand is out of step globally in looking to put a price on agricultural emissions from food production.

New Zealand farmers could have access to low methane elite genetics by 2026.

A methane inhibiting bolus specifically suited to New Zealand's pastoral farming system is awaiting regulatory approval for a launch late next year.

Farmer and former politician Sir Lockwood Smith is questioning the way that methane emissions from livestock are measured in NZ.

OPINION: The challenge of climate change means pursuing many avenues to help New Zealand’s farmers meet demands from within our own country and globally.

Not all farmers are happy with a new panel set up by the Government to advice on new methane emissions targets.