The opportunity
to breed more climate friendly cows is one step closer for
New Zealand dairy farmers after a Waikato trial finds a
possible link between a bulls’ genetics and the amount of
methane they produce.
The pilot trial, by artificial
breeding companies LIC and CRV with funding from the New
Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre,
measured feed intake and methane emissions – in the form
of burps – from 20 young bulls destined to father the next
generation of New Zealand’s dairy cows.
LIC Chief
Scientist Richard Spelman says results from the pilot trial
are promising.
“Methane production primarily relates
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