The sale comes after four years of research and development by the CSIRO, Meat and Livestock Australia and James Cook University.Mr Main said CH4 would exclusively deal with large-scale feedlots and meat processors before expanding its offering to other types of farm in the future.
"We need to also grow to be able to provide our technology to those animals that are seeing people less and aren't supplementary fed — that is the broadacre farming sector."The international patent rights to sell asparagopsis as a feed additive are held by FutureFeed, an offshoot of the government-owned CSIRO with private backing from Woolworths Group, GrainCorp, Harvest Road and Sparklabs Cultiv8.
While Australian producers have the first-mover advantage, the international licensees, including CH4, are working on producing it overseas. "However, to have the full reach to get this to as many cows as possible in a short time, we are looking to replicate this elsewhere in the world."Research suggests very little asparagopsis needs to be included in a ruminant animal's feed for its methane emissions to plummet."The amount of seaweed we'd need to give it is less than a squash ball — it's 50 grams."
Those credentials could ultimately take the form of marketing for meat products or government-backed carbon credits.
Great you've taken all the fish from the ocean now take the seaweed
Healthy Cows. Seaweed is a SUPERFOOD.
Potentially great on one level; the other side of the coin is that the dosage can only be regulated in a controlled environment, ie the abject misery of the feedlot.
We are the carbon they ultimately want to reduce.
Perhaps we should feed this seaweed to politicians and the media? 💩
when the price of milk is fixed why should farmers spend extra?
This is very good news, for Australia and for the planet.
'‘Go grab a rifle’: Barnaby Joyce says the only way to meet methane reduction targets is to start shooting cattle' Barnaby_Joyce comes up short on answers for Australia's cattle and dairy industry. ClimateChange Lower emissions = higher productivity.
Cowshi?
I like sushi rolls 😊
Looks like you've been on the weed a bit yourself ABC...😳
Old news,
Eating bugs/insects, which will ruin the eco system and now raping the sea, good one Greta's.
jjjove So, hopefully it will also reduce methane emissions if fed to Matt Canavan.
Does it really stop them farting?
pitch love coat
Low emission cows
song jump what heard excite any
I’m on side of nature, food exists for all of God’s creatures …start ‘experimenting’ and there will be consequences.
Will cows grow fins and taste like fish too? 🙂
Cool, so it reduces the emission of natural methane while fossil fuel methane emissions continue on. So many people do not understand the science. Fossil fuels are the problem not cow burps.
But 'you lot' counter that!😂