AUSTRALIA’S growing feedlot sector is set to play a major role in the beef industry’s quest to become carbon neutral, with its efficiency in bringing large numbers of cattle to slaughter weight and large-scale trials on the use of methane suppressing feed additives underway.
But the methodology used to measure feedlot emissions is being put under the microscope, with the current calculations based off a study carried out by Moe and Tyrell of dairy cows in 1979. (Read more about that here)
Barb Madden
The Australian Lot Feeders’ Association president Barb Madden said emission…
