BEEF + Lamb New Zealand’s next chief executive officer is expected to lead the body’s attempts to limit the pace of livestock farms being sold into carbon farming…Read More
Sheep Central, September 30, 2024
A SMALL-SCALE trial with an organic probiotic has resulted in a 25 percent increase in lamb liveweight gain, while also reducing methane intensity by 30pc…Read More
While Jigsaw Farms’ drop out of carbon neutral status has been well documented this year, the benefit of the work done to reach carbon neutral in the first place has been a little less of a focus…Read More
Eric Barker, August 21, 2024
NEW South Wales sheep and cattle producer Scott Brown operates by a simple motto: ‘more testing, less guessing’. It’s a guiding principle intertwined with Scott’s latest challenge – implementing a..Read More
Sheep Central, August 21, 2024
A leading agricultural researcher says the sheep industry can stabilise its contribution to global warming with a steady and small reduction in methane emissions…Read More
Eric Barker, August 14, 2024
A FINAL four projects have been awarded grants under the Australian Government’s Methane Emissions Reduction in Livestock (MERiL) research and development program…Read More
Eric Barker, August 12, 2024
A GLOBAL effort to develop a methane-reducing vaccine has been picking up momentum, with some of the world’s biggest philanthropists registering their interests…Read More
Eric Barker, August 7, 2024
CENTRAL Queensland cattle producer and grazing consultant Mick Alexander has regularly raised questions in response to Beef Central articles reporting that it takes 10 to 12 years for methane emissions to break down in the atmosphere…Read More
James Nason, July 31, 2024
NEW Meat & Livestock Australia managing director Michael Crowley’s Queensland Rural Press Club address last week provided an opportunity to gauge his opinions on the industry’s Carbon Neutral 2030 commitment, and the question of whether the industry should be pursuing carbon neutral or climate neutral objectives…Read More
Jon Condon, July 22, 2024
DENMARK has become the latest country to make plans for taxing livestock methane emissions – with its government making a deal with its dairy industry to implement a $144.5 (672 krone)/cow/year tax by 2030…Read More
Sheep Central, July 1, 2024
THE Federal Opposition has set the tone for its next election campaign, pledging to reverse the Federal Government’s 2030 emissions target…Read More
Eric Barker, June 11, 2024
MEAT & Livestock Australia will run two Carbon EDGE program workshops in Tasmania for the first time next month…Read More
Sheep Central, June 7, 2024