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OPINION: Research across the ditch has found that seaweed doesn’t just make a tasty wrap for sushi rolls.
Australian researchers found that feeding it to cows can slash methane pollution from the animals’ burps by over 50%.
Researchers worldwide have been investigating different ways to make cows’ burps more environmentally friendly, and some, like the Australian researchers, have proven that red seaweed could be a gamechanger
As the Guardian reported, a 200-day trial at the Kerwee Feedlot near Brisbane, Australia — one of the longest commercial trials of the red seaweed additive so far — found feeding cows a supplement derived from Asparagopsis, a type of red seaweed, more than halved methane released from the cattle.
On day 29 of the trial, cows given the supplement produced 91% less methane — the largest reduction measured during the study.
A company growing and processing seaweed with known methane-busting properties at a facility in Bluff is expanding internationally but New Zealand cattle farmers won't be getting the product anytime soon.
Australian farmers advocate NFF says this year’s Federal Election will be a defining moment for Australian agriculture.
The Australian goatmeat industry set a new record for production and exports last year.
OPINION: A new study, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, adds to some existing evidence about a simple way to cut emissions dramatically - seaweed.
OPINION: Part of the reason China is buying less of our dairy produce is their success growing their own supply.
Federated Farmers supports a review of the current genetic technology legislation but insists that a farmer’s right to either choose or reject it must be protected.
New Zealand’s top business leaders are urging the US Administration to review “unjustified and discriminatory tariffs” imposed on Kiwi exporters.
New tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump signal an uncertain future, but New Zealand farmers know how to adapt to changing conditions, says Auriga Martin, chief executive of Farm Focus.
A global trade war beckons, which is bad news for a small open economy like New Zealand, warns Mark Smith ASB senior economist.
Carterton's Awakare Farm has long stood as a place where family, tradition and innovation intersect.
Fonterra says the US continues to be an important market for New Zealand dairy and the co-op.
OPINION: Is it the beginning of the end for Greenpeace?
OPINION: The good times felt across the dairy sector weren't lost at last week's Beef + Lamb NZ annual meeting.
