Cool Beef: NZ's New Programme to Cut Cattle Methane
Beef+Lamb New Zealand and the Ag Emissions Centre have launched a new research project aimed at helping beef farmers reduce methane emissions without impacting productivity or profitability.
Case in point, the 'she-wee' for cows.
Developed by a Canterbury start-up, the small, lightweight device apparently attaches to the blunt end of the cow and spreads its urine so it can be used as a fertiliser - allowing nitrogen to be better absorbed by pasture.
A nice media opportunity for Ministers Willis and Reti, but this mutt doubts that fitting mobile shower heads to 6.8 million cows is going to be practical or shift the needle on emissions.
And yet $1.2 million has gone into this project via the government-industry partnership.
