Displaying items by tag: METHANE EMISSIONS

Visiting US climate change expert Dr Will Happer says the idea of reducing cow numbers to greatly reduce methane emissions is crazy.

OPINION: The Hound reckons a big problem with focusing too much on the wrong goal - reducing livestock emissions at the expanse of food production, in this case - is that the Government starts throwing taxpayer coin at increasingly ridiculous ideas.

According to a new farmer survey, many farmers are rejecting New Zealand’s current ruminant methane strategy.

New Zealand is out of step globally in looking to put a price on agricultural emissions from food production.

New Zealand farmers could have access to low methane elite genetics by 2026.

A methane inhibiting bolus specifically suited to New Zealand's pastoral farming system is awaiting regulatory approval for a launch late next year.

Farmer and former politician Sir Lockwood Smith is questioning the way that methane emissions from livestock are measured in NZ.

OPINION: The challenge of climate change means pursuing many avenues to help New Zealand’s farmers meet demands from within our own country and globally.

Not all farmers are happy with a new panel set up by the Government to advice on new methane emissions targets.

Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says a review of the highly ambitious methane reduction targets gives farmers confidence.