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Thursday, October 5, 2023
New research to convert power plant emissions into aquaculture feed
The US Department of Energy has allocated a US$2 million grant to support a partnership between UC Santa Cruz's ecological aquaculture research team and Global Algae Innovations, for a research that aims to look into the feasibility of usin ...
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Study claims GHG emissions lower by nearly a third when half of meat, milk products replaced
Replacing half of the pork, chicken, beef and milk products the world consumes with plant-based alternatives could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and related land use by nearly a third, and virtually halt forest los ...
Monday, September 4, 2023
New UK scheme aims to cut ammonia emissions from swine, livestock
Testing has commenced as part of the UK's PigProGrAm scheme, which seeks to mitigate the environmental impact of ammonia emissions originating from livestock, following the installation of ammonia-harvesting technology on a commercial pig f ...
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Startup raises US$29 million to scale seaweed-based platform to slash methane emissions from livestock
CH4 Global, a startup dedicated to combatting methane emissions from ruminant livestock through the utilisation of red seaweed-derived feed supplements, has successfully secured US$29 million in its latest funding round to build a productio ...
Friday, August 25, 2023
Cutting livestock disease in half could slash emissions and feed millions, says report
The Oxford Analytica consulting firm, working with HealthforAnimals, has found that globally, 20% of livestock production is lost yearly due to disease, and lowering this to 10% could reduce livestock emissions by 800 million tonnes (equiva ...
Friday, July 21, 2023
Cargill and partners announce first Gold Standard-approved methane emissions reduction methodology for beef producers
Beef producers are leading the way toward the future of sustainable agriculture and hold the ability to mitigate methane emissions that address climate change. To recognise these efforts and enable reduction value to be quantified, Cargill ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
UK minister advocates genetic engineering of cows to reduce methane emissions
Mark Spencer, UK Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries, has expressed his preference for genetically engineering cows to emit less methane as a solution to environmental concerns over meat production, Jersey Evening Post reporte ...
Monday, July 3, 2023
Colorado State University unveils America's largest cattle emissions research facility
Colorado State University's (CSU) beef feedlot in Fort Collins, Colorado, US, has become the site of AgNext's groundbreaking climate-smart research facility, which aims to study cattle emissions in the country, Dairy Herd Management reporte ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Mondelez and FrieslandCampina collaborate to reduce emissions in dairy supply chain
Mondelez International and FrieslandCampina have joined forces in a four-year agreement aimed at decreasing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with milk supplied by FrieslandCampina's member dairy farmers, Food Infotech reported.
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Food waste-based chicken feed can cut GHG emissions by 5%, Australian university research found
New research from Australia's University of New England (UNE) has revealed using food waste to create commercial chicken feed would not only save the Australian poultry industry an estimated $500 million a year, but it could reduce the coun ...
Monday, May 29, 2023
Potential overhaul of EU's Industrial Emissions Directive seeks to get major livestock farms covered
The European Parliament's environment committee has adopted its position on EU rules to slash industrial emissions, including from the largest farms, which is in direct contrast to that of their agricultural counterparts, who may now table ...
Friday, May 5, 2023
Research finds that gene selection can cut 30% of cattle emissions
A study funded by Ireland's Department of Agriculture has found that gene selection can cut 30% of cattle emissions, Irish Farmers Journal reported.
Monday, April 3, 2023
UK cattle to be fed methane blockers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The UK government is planning to feed cattle "methane blockers" to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, as part of plans for the UK to reach its climate goals, The Guardian reported.
Monday, March 6, 2023
BioMar's feed found to fulfill expectation of low phosphorus emissions
Results of the Hav-Tek project, supported by GUDP, indicated that BioMar's high-tech feed, which has a reduced phosphorus content and was developed under the feed concept Blue IMPACT, meets the expectation of low phosphorus emissions, thus ...
Monday, February 20, 2023
USDA awards researcher US$2 million to test feed additives' effect on methane emissions
The United States Department of Agriculture had awarded a US$2 million grant to Alex Hristov, a professor of dairy nutrition from the Pennsylvania State University, to conduct studies determining whether supplementing the feed of lactating ...

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