Helping our farmers meet their sustainability goals
Learn more about how LIC is helping farmers tackle current and future climate challenges.
November 13, 2023
Learn more about how LIC is helping farmers tackle current and future climate challenges.
Breeding dairy cows that produce less methane and nitrogen is helping one Australian farm group meet its sustainability goals.
New research has confirmed bulls’ genetics play a role in how much methane they emit, highlighting the potential for farmers to breed low methane-emitting cows in the future. The welcome news comes following the first year of a research programme run by major New Zealand artificial breeding companies LIC and CRV.
LIC UK’s North Shropshire college monitor farm to trial whether they can successfully graze through winter.
An opportunity to breed more climate friendly cows is even closer for New Zealand dairy farmers after a trial finds possible link between a bulls’ genetics and the methane quantity produced.
