RESEARCHERS are working on projects that could reduce methane emissions in Australia’s $14.6 billion beef cattle industry by as much as 30 percent.
Professor Ben Hayes from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation said the four projects at The University of Queensland each had the potential to reduce methane emissions in livestock by 20 to 30pc and if successful, could be applied simultaneously. Some of the project work will be outlined during this week’s TropAg 2022 research conference taking place in Brisbane.
Prof Ben Hayes taking a tail hair sample for DNA…
