Displaying items by tag: greenhouse gases

OPINION: Jacqueline Rowarth opined in Rural News, January 19, "Confusion abounds about agricultural greenhouse gases (GHGs) and misinformation is rife".

Farmers are happy to play their part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions but the Government has to come to the party.

Two new information sources to help farmers understand their agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are now available.

Climate change affects all of us and reducing greenhouse gas emissions must be a priority, writes Bala Tikkisetty.

New research indicates NZ’s sheep and beef greenhouse gas emissions have been overstated.

Farmers in Australia are experimenting with adding seaweed to cattle feed in order to stop cows producing as much methane.

The Government is backing a project that could substantially reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions from cattle.

A wicked problem: that’s how the chief science advisor to the Ministry for Primary Industries describes the issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as they affect agriculture.

Can changing what New Zealand livestock eat reduce the country’s emissions of methane and nitrous oxide?

Farmers are unsure about what they can and should do to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, says the director of the NZ Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Centre.