Race on to reduce emissions from New Zealand livestock

Race on to reduce emissions from New Zealand livestock
It's unknown by how much methane emissions from livestock could be reduced. (Image: AgriZeroNZ)
Greg Hurrell
Last week, the government joint venture AgriZeroNZ announced it was investing $5 million from a now $183m war chest into BioLumic, part of a multi-pronged effort to reduce cattle and sheep farming emissions.A technology fix is shaping up to be New Zealand’s best hope of reducing farm emissions, keeping customers and trading partners happy while avoiding a major fall in production.When the government this month announced an independent review of NZ’s methane emissions targets, associate agriculture minister Mark Patterson&n...

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