emissions

A focus on net zero livestock in the UK

11-07-2023 | News

A focus on net zero livestock in the UK

AstraZeneca began purchasing the Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) produced by Vanguard Renewables. Vanguard Renewables will work with dairy farmers and food and beverage manufacturers, retailers and distributors to produce RNG using farm-based anaerobic digestion (AD) from food and dairy cow manure. Photo: Chris McCullough

10-07-2023 | News

US: Pharmaceutical giant turns to dairy sector to cut carbon

Nutritional strategies to reduce the cow’s carbon footprint can act directly or indirectly within the cow, while presenting different economic considerations for producers. Photo: Shutterstock

06-07-2023 | Article

Economics of direct and indirect approaches to reduce methane

"Today we produce cheese 3-4 days a week and we have established a cheese shop and a visitor's room where you can taste the cheeses, just as we serve lunch outdoors on a large terrace in the summer," says Alise. Photos: Aage Krogsdam and Katie Knapp

26-06-2023 | Article

Brooten, Minnesota: Visiting Jer-Lindy Farms and Redhead Creamery in the US

When diet crude protein levels are too low, cow performance can be reduced if the cow’s metabolisable protein requirements are not met. Photo: Chris McCullough

21-06-2023 | News

Increasing a dairy herd’s nitrogen efficiency

The National Farmers’ Union says GWP* provides a measure of the behaviour of methane in the atmosphere and its net contribution to global warming to a greater degree of accuracy. Photo: Twan Wiermans

06-06-2023 | News

Calls for new methane metric to be used for GHG calculations

Dairy cow numbers in Ireland have risen since the abolishment of milk quotas in April 2015 with numbers currently totalling 1.5 million head. Photo: Chris McCullough

06-06-2023 | News

Irish gov. suggests culling 65,000 cows yearly due to emissions

Rumen-protected fat supplements offer a largely unique approach to methane mitigation efforts. As established ingredients for improving production and fertility aspects in dairy and other ruminant diets, a beneficial effect on methane reduction is achieved more as a ‘side-effect’ in addition to the performance gains for which these supplements are typically used for economic return. Photo: Canva

05-06-2023 | Expert opinion

Methane production and rumen-protected fats

Coming soon! All About Feed Forum 2023

18-05-2023 | News

Coming soon! All About Feed Forum 2023

The demonstration farm at the centre of the project is a 290-hectare property surrounding Fonterra’s Whareroa site. Photo: Nestlé

03-03-2023 | News

New Zealand gets its first net zero carbon emissions dairy farm