Environment
Climate mitigation risks being “undermined by misuse of new approaches to methane” according to a group of international scientists.
Dairy
An Aarhus University study found no link between the use of Bovaer and an overall increase in cow mortality or decrease in milk yield.
Does feeding less protein to cows over a longer period not only reduce nitrogen losses, but also affect methane emissions?
Rural Life
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new €6.5 million funding for environmental and climate research in Ireland.
The FAO is set to issue new guidance on the potential food safety risks related to methane inhibitors and similar additives.
Over 20 experts from across Europe discussed methane reduction and efficient farming at Methane Connect in Paris this week.
The position paper was developed by the Irish sustainable farming organisation as part of its role in the Methane Matters Coalition.
Machinery
The search to replace the compression ignition, or diesel engine, has been going on for many years now, but so far with little success
B+LNZ is leading a call by global agricultural organisations for countries to take a split-gas approach when reporting GHG emissions.
The Danish government is making efforts to push for emissions pricing on methane from livestock across the EU in line with its own tax.
Agri-Business
The New Zealand government has decided to lower its 2050 target for reductions in biogenic methane emissions.
Researchers are hopeful that dilute methane emissions from dairy barns can be effectively...
A new study led by University of Galway has found that proposed Irish climate targets "protect...
Carbery and Climate KIC, will trial "next-generation methane-reducing technologies" on 10 additional dairy farms in West Cork.
Sheep
The Sustain Sheep Project is currently seeking farmers’ views to assess their awareness of the genetic tools to help reduce methane emissions
New Zealand and Ireland are close allies, with both countries taking similar approaches to reducing methane emissions from agriculture.
With the threat of global warming increasing, research around GHG and in particular methane, is becoming more and more important.
Scientists and breeders have joined forces on a new $27.4 million 'Global Methane Genetics Initiative' to breed low-methane livestock
New Zealand farmers are on track to meet the biogenic methane emissions reduction target by 2030, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay said.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced funding of up to €6.6 million for new environmental research.
Despite growing awareness and calls for action over reducing methane in the atmosphere, many barriers stand in the way of studies.
Beef
Beef Plan Movement (BPM) is calling for immediate changes in Ireland’s climate change legislation and associated emissions targets
FFA spokesperson William Taylor, has said that food security should be a priority not using IVF to produce low methane-emitting cows.
