NZ joint venture invests $4.1m in US startup to reduce farm methane

NZ joint venture invests $4.1m in US startup to reduce farm methane
Hoofprint Biome co-founders Kathryn Polkoff and Scott Collins. (Image: AgriZeroNZ)
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New agribusiness and government joint venture AgriZeroNZ is the lead investor in a United States startup company working on dairy methane reductions. AgriZeroNZ has invested $4.1 million into Hoofprint Biome in Raleigh, North Carolina, which is developing probiotics and natural enzymes to reduce methane and improve cow health. The pre-seed funding round is to support the development of Hoofprint Biome’s probiotic into the animal trial proof-of-concept stage. AgriZeroNZ executive director Wayne McNee said in a...

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