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Ways to reduce dairy greenhouse gas emissions to hit targets.

Authors :
Price, Rhian
Source :
Farmers Weekly. 2/14/2020, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Dairy farmers can make some easy strides to improve their carbon footprint as pressure mounts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from farms. Cull for poor fertility On average, 15% of cows are culled for fertility issues in the UK, with fertility having a larger effect on GHG emissions. Feed rate a litre is a bigger driver of GHG emissions than yield a cow. [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00148474
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Farmers Weekly
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
141863621