Cutting dairy’s methane emissions also good for efficiency

It’s estimated that livestock farming produces 18 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Now, the Netherlands is showing that higher quality feed and efficient cow management can dramatically improve the situation

by NORMAN DUNN

It’s called the “battle of the burp” by the press here in Europe and it’s being fought on research dairy farms throughout the world just now.

Better Farming - April 2012