Displaying items by tag: emissions

New Zealand's Ruminant Biotech says that while it has big goals, the scale of the problem it seeks to solve requires it.

OPINION: Soon New Zealand farmers will be asked to know their greenhouse gas (GHG) number. There are a vast number of GHG calculators available, all giving a different answer and none of them allowing for your pasture to be viewed as a CO2 ‘sequesterer’.

OPINION: New Zealand has said it is going to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by ‘a lot’ and ‘in a short time’. One of those gases is methane. Our biggest producer of methane is livestock farming.

OPINION: Most people will be aware of the Government's plans to boost coal, oil and gas production to meet energy requirements.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) says the release of New Zealand's latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory clearly shows agriculture is playing its part in emissions reductions and there is no need for a price on agricultural emissions.

OPINION: You would've missed this one if you rely on mainstream media for your news, but your old mate reckons credit should go where credit's due: Emissions by dairy cattle decreased by 1.6% according to the latest NZ Greenhouse Gas Inventory report.

OPINION: Farmers won't get any credit for this from the daily media, so Milking It is giving the bouquets where they’re due.

Emissions by dairy cattle decreased by 1.6% according to the latest NZ Greenhouse Gas Inventory report.

OPINION: It's time to fight back against Silver Fern Farms’ emissions agenda.

Fonterra has announced $15 million in investments in electrification projects across the North Island over the next 18 months.