Study Finds Dairy Cows Stay Consistent Methane Emitters
A new study has found that individual dairy cows remain consistently high or low methane emitters even when their diets change, suggesting that biological differences may play a greater role in methane production than previously understood. Researchers observed that feeding lactating dairy cows a higher-starch diet reduced enteric methane emissions by approximately 14%, but it…
Teagasc Leads Climate-Smart Dairy Push in Eritrea
Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, is leading the Climate Smart Agriculture Research and Innovation Support for Dairy Value Chains in Eritrea (CSARIDE) project aimed at transforming Eritrea’s dairy sector through climate-smart and sustainable farming practices. The EU-funded initiative, launched in 2020 with a budget of about €4 million and a duration of…