Displaying items by tag: methane

Wednesday, 28 May 2025 07:55

No reason to demonise farming

OPINION: New Zealand has said it is going to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by ‘a lot’ and ‘in a short time’. One of those gases is methane. Our biggest producer of methane is livestock farming.

Published in Opinion

Lucidome Bio, a New Zealand agricultural biotech company was recently selected as one of fourteen global finalists to pitch at the Animal Health, Nutrition and Technology Innovation USA event in Boston.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 09 April 2025 09:55

Farmers want certainty

OPINION: We've been having constructive conversations with the Government recently around climate change and emissions from food production, but now is the time to see these conversations turn into action.

Published in Opinion
Thursday, 16 January 2025 10:55

Govt happy to let farmers decide

OPINION: In the last few weeks of 2024 there was a lot of noise in the UK and Europe about the methane inhibitor, Bovaer, and concerns raised as to its safety.

Published in Opinion
Thursday, 21 November 2024 10:55

Breeding for low methane can improve productivity

Livestock can be bred for lower methane emissions while also improving productivity at a rate greater than what the industry is currently achieving, research has shown.

Published in Management
Thursday, 10 October 2024 13:55

Feed efficiency or curbing methane?

OPINION: Evolution is important. So is feeding people properly.

Published in Opinion

Farmers and scientists are using the latest technology to measure how efficiently New Zealand beef cattle convert feed into liveweight and their greenhouse gas emissions in a cutting- edge trial on a North Canterbury farm.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 25 September 2024 11:55

Low methane genetics by 2026?

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

Published in General News
Thursday, 15 August 2024 07:55

Daffodil extract to block methane?

An extract from the humble daffodil will be put to the test in New Zealand after UK research discovered its potential to cut methane emissions from livestock.

Published in General News

An independent panel has been named to advice the Government on what the country’s biogenic methane target should be to ensure no additional warming.

Published in General News
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