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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 ...
Monday, February 20, 2023
Nearly three times as many pig farms in EU to be affected by bloc's plan to cut emissions
The European Union's plans to slash industrial emissions could hit over three times as many pig farms and almost four times as many poultry farms as previously suggested due to the use of outdated 2016 data sets, according to a leaked Europ ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Dutch egg producer Kipster cuts emissions by feeding leftovers to hens
Dutch egg producer Kipster feeds their egg-laying hens with wasted food such as expired bread, unsold crackers, and stale stroopwafels, resulting in reduced carbon footprint, Bloomberg reported.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Danone aims to cut its methane emissions from its milk by 30%
Danone aims to reduce methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by almost one-third over the next seven years, making them the first major food company to set goals in line with a commitment made by 150 nations to reduce emissions ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Australian university research team creates tool to aid beef industry in reducing emissions
A research team led by the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia has developed a tool to help the global beef industry simultaneously reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions while meeting demand for meat.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
California, US on track to achieve 40% reduction of dairy methane emissions by 2030, according to paper
The California Dairy Research Foundation (CDRF) and University of California, Davis CLEAR Center have announced on December 19 the release of a new analysis of methane reduction progress titled "Meeting the Call: How California is Pion ...
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Science Based Targets initiative validates DSM's ambition to reduce direct greenhouse gas emissions
Royal DSM has confirmed that its target to cut scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been determined to be in line with the latest climate science and in keeping global warming to no more than 1.5°C by the Science Based Targ ...
Friday, October 28, 2022
New project uses slow-release biopolymer technology to reduce cattle methane emissions
The University of Queensland Australia and Australia's Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) are working together for a project to develop slow-release biopolymer technology to reduce methane emissions from cattle, the University of ...
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Dairy sector in Northern Ireland, UK, sees drop in carbon emissions
New figures published on October 26 showed a major decrease in carbon emissions stemming from Northern Ireland's dairy sector.
Thursday, October 20, 2022
NZPork praises New Zealand's exclusion of pig farming from agricultural emissions as "pragmatic"
A proposal by the New Zealand government to exclude pig farming from agricultural emissions pricing is "pragmatic and sensible," NZPork said.
Monday, October 17, 2022
US cattle trade group urges Google to rein in planned beef emissions feature
US-based National Cattlemen's Beef Association is urging Google to rein in a feature that would let users automatically see the emission levels of specific ingredients when looking up recipes, E & E news reported.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Australia's beef industry starts research on genetic traits of beef cattle's methane emissions
The Australian beef industry has launched a $15 million research project, examining the genetic traits of methane emissions in beef cattle.

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