Environment
New Zealand to consider separate farm-level levy for methane emissions
The Primary Sector Climate Action Parternship, He Waka Eke Noa, has recommended a farm-level split-gas levy to reduce emissions and sequester...
Methane
Agri-Business
Study shows 11% methane drop in supplemented dairy cows
A new study has shown that cumulative methane output was reduced by almost 11% in dairy cows that received a...
Dairy
Fonterra to expand trial on reducing methane emissions to more farms
New Zealand dairy cooperative, Fonterra, is to expand a trial which uses seaweed to reduce methane emissions from cows. In...
Beef
Lack of emissions disclosures among animal protein producers – FAIRR
New data from global investor coalition, FAIRR's Protein Producer Index has shown that only 18% of global meat and dairy...
Machinery
New Holland supports energy independence with Italian partnership
The idea of farms being independent of the established energy distribution infrastructure is hardly new. It was only with the...
Environment
NI farm trials to test willow’s ability to reduce methane emissions
Farm trials investigating the potential of willow to reduce livestock methane emissions are to begin in Northern Ireland in the...
Agri-Business
Methane-eliminating ag-tech company receives £7 million in funding
N2 Applied, an agricultural technology business that converts animal manure into sustainable fertiliser while trapping gases, has received £7 million...
Agri-Business
Calls for NI to invest in technology to reduce methane emissions from waste
Lack of investment in Northern Ireland's waste infrastructure has left the industry emitting higher volumes of environmentally-damaging greenhouse gases, such...
Agri-Business
CattleEye secures $2.5 million seed investment to launch autonomous stock monitoring system
Belfast-based livestock monitoring technology company CattleEye has closed a $2.5 million (€2.1 million) seed investment round. The money has come...
Agri-Business
Tackling emissions through methane-reducing masks for cows
A new strategic partnership aims to tackle methane emissions in the dairy industry - through the use of methane-reducing masks...
Agri-Business
Biomethane boost: NI biogas plant to power ‘green’ trucks with food waste
A biogas plant which will produce biomethane to power 10 trucks is set to go live in Northern Ireland in...
Environment
Oil and gas industry commits to new framework for reporting methane
In a move that will help tackle one of the “biggest and most solvable contributors to the climate crisis”, major...
Environment
Oxford research: Livestock emission calculations could be ‘unfair and inefficent’
The way that governments are setting targets for different greenhouse gas emissions could be “unfair, inefficient and dangerous,” according to...
Machinery
New Holland's latest creation is just pure 'gas'
The development of New Holland’s 100% methane-powered tractor is making progress; the second-generation T6.180 ‘Methane Power‘ prototype has completed extensive...
Dairy
Cattle feed additive will cut methane emissions by 30%
A cattle feed additive has been found to cut bovine methane production by 30%, without affecting the health of the...
Dairy
Methane emissions now being measured by laser guns
Laser guns are being used to measure methane emissions from dairy cows with the aim of breeding cattle for future...
