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Bion Announces Initial Success of Advanced Separation Technology Pilot --...

, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB/QB: BNET) announced today positive initial results of the advanced separation technology the Company is piloting at its...

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More Profit, Less Gas

Thursday, 30 August 2012, 3:07 pm Press Release: Indigo Media Release For immediate use August 29, 2012 More Profit, Less Gas A clever New Zealand Invention that can boost farm profits and reduce...

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Down-Under Digestive Microbes Could Help Lower Methane Gas From Livestock

The discovery that a bacterial species in the Australian Tammar wallaby gut is responsible for keeping the animal's methane emissions relatively low suggests a potential new strategy may exist to try...

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New research and development will help secure future supply of meat, fish...

The Technology Strategy Board (www.innovateuk.org) - in collaboration with fellow partners in the Global Food Security Programme, Defra, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and...

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Government Moves on Emission Trading Scheme Not Enough

Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 2:03 pm Press Release: Pastural Farming Climate Research Inc Government Moves on Emission Trading Scheme Not Enough Press release by Chairman of Pastural Farming Climate...

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Australian scientists aim to battle cows' methane emissions - using a laser...

It might sound like a recipe for disaster - or at the very least an impromptu barbecue - but the latest weapon against cows' methane emissions is a laser beam. Professor Deli Chen will not be aiming...

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Australia's burping cows more climate friendly than thought

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australia's huge cattle herd in the north might be burping less planet-warming methane emissions than thought, a study released on Friday shows, suggesting the cows are more...

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David Anderson: Gas tax bites the hand that feeds us

Delaying the agriculture sector's entry to the ETS is wise, writes David Anderson, former editor of Rural News and a communications consultant in teh agribusiness sector. Despite claims to the...

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B+LNZ warns Labour on ETS

Monday, 23 May 2011, 3:28 pm Press Release: NZ Beef and Lamb 23 May 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE B+LNZ warns Labour on ETS Including livestock emissions in the ETS, in isolation from every other country...

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Analysis: Agriculture in a changing environment

Photo: Jaspreet Kindra/IRINCows release huge amounts of warming methane every yearJOHANNESBURG, 24 January 2012 (IRIN) - Agriculture has been seen either as a cause or victim of global warming at the...

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In times of climate change

Go for organic agriculture Added At: 2011-11-30 9:54 PM Last Updated At: 2011-11-30 9:54 PM The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) To View your...

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Farmers look to the future (Aberystwyth University)

(Source: Aberystwyth University) Farmers look to the future 08 May 2013 The Future Farmers of Wales saw state of the art farming facilities and heard of innovative research at Aberystwyth University...

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Researchers Focus on Dairy's Carbon Footprint (University of Arkansas)

(Source: University of Arkansas) Researchers Focus on Dairy's Carbon Footprint Life-cycle analysis identifies opportunities for emissions reduction Friday, May 31, 2013 One of the largest contributors...

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Agricultural GHG Research Receives Boost through PGgRc

Monday, 4 February 2013, 12:52 pm Press Release: Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium PRESS RELEASE PASTORAL GREENHOUSE GAS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM A Fonterra Ltd  Beef+Lamb New Zealand  DairyNZ...

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Cow methane proof 'is in the pat'

Research suggests the amount of methane that ruminants such as cows produce is correlated to quantities of a molecule in their faeces called archaeol. Methane production by ruminants is a large...

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Canadian developing high-tech flatulence measurer

Methane is about 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in its greenhouse effects, and the search for ways to mitigate the environmental impact of belching, flatulent ruminants is serious science....

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Feeding cows natural plant extracts can reduce dairy farm odors and feed costs

J. Mark Powell, Ph.D., described the results of three studies undertaken to determine how adding plant substances called "tannins" to cow feed affects the emission of ammonia from dairy barn floors...

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Ruminant Methane Measurement Centre Opened

Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 10:31 am Press Release: NZRMMC Media release 22 February 2011 New Zealand Ruminant Methane Measurement Centre Is Opened By The Hon. David Carter, Minister Of Agriculture The...

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Calcium silicate could lower methane emission from rice

METHANE gas is created naturally as a waste product of anaerobic bacteria (living with little or no oxygen). These bacteria produce methane gas in waterlogged soils and wetlands, but also in...

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Study finds cattle feed supplements can reduce methane emissions

A study has shown that adding certain oil-rich by-products to feed can reduce methane emissions in cattle by 15-20 percent. The Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre at Melbourne University...

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