Emissions

Going by developments on the bolus front, methane reduction may no longer be a pipedream, says Allan Barber.

Denmark to start charging farmers for agricultural GHG from 2030.

War and pandemic bite into profits and plans, but the push to be more sustainable is not going away.

HortNZ urges govt to include the sector in its second Emissions Reduction Plan.

Dairy company adds country’s first green hydrogen dual-fuel milk collection tanker to its fleet.

Industry challenges national emission plan’s reliance on technology to curb ag-generated GHG.

Methane-inhibiting tech that works in pastoral systems now looking at a 2027 NZ release date.

Reducing absolute on-farm emissions doesn’t have to compromise profitability, researchers say.

Carbon sector sees a chance for market to stabilise and attract investors.

World’s agricultural systems have started to level off in terms of their ability to produce more protein per kilogram of greenhouse gas emissions.

Chief dairy buyer says NZ is not moving fast enough to meet the company’s needs.

Kiwi startup Ruminant BioTech are working on a methane-inhibiting bolus for ruminant livestock.

Federated Farmers back bill to prevent regional councils from regulating greenhouse gases.

Welsh researchers ready to test compound on livestock in New Zealand.

Greater effort needed from industry if targets are to be met, says Climate Change Commission.

Registration allows Rumin8 to conduct studies on NZ commercial farms.

Livestock farmers can look forward to a range of solutions to cut GHG in their animals, head of fund says.

Scion research lists benefits of dense, early harvested pine and eucalypt plantations.

Planting a second crop has boosted Brazil’s corn production into double digit annual growth rates.

‘No need for a price if reductions are already happening,’ says Beef + Lamb’s Acland.

Government discussion document places faith in new tools and technologies to help farms lower emissions.

Her day job of working to decarbonise the zinc and steel industries is a fair stretch from lambing time on a west Otago spread for Lily Clague.

Appointing a highly credible and independent panel of scientists is the right approach to take, and Federated Farmers look forward to engaging in the process.

Sales of EVs suggest to David Eade that the mood for environmental policy intervention across New Zealand might have changed.

Reprieve from government’s lighter touch on emissions is no reason to stop mitigation efforts, bank says.

Ag leaders welcome appointment of professor of farm and agribusiness management at Massey to lead key panel.

Government and BNZ commit funds to programme to reduce agricultural emissions.

Internationally, farmers are rewarded for adopting technology to address methane, says Kate Acland.

A sector as economically and socially crucial as agriculture cannot be dragooned into any half-baked schemes, writes Neal Wallace.

Decision to keep agriculture out of the ETS will not change the way things are done at the dairy co-op.

Farmers are willing to play their part to address climate change – as long as it’s fair, writes Rowena Hume.

Experts warn that if the government does not police agricultural emissions, the market increasingly will – in a way that may make less sense.

Farmers asked to shoulder too much carbon cutting responsibility, CCC told.

UN report says gaps exist in knowledge about red seaweed’s impact of human and animal health.

Seaweed production at the Bluff is going from strength to strength, despite challenges in marketing the end product locally.

Red seaweed company founder challenges strict regulation of product in Aotearoa.