THERE is concern in the cattle industry, that the warming effect of methane being produced by Australian cattle is not being calculated correctly.
The recently formed Cattle Australia has stepped in to address this problem.
Currently, MLA promotes CN30 which relies on the GWP100 metric. CN30 stands for Carbon Neutral in 2030.
The GWP100 metric calculates that the stable methane emissions from Australian cattle, are seriously changing the climate when they are not. The CN30 commitment means that cattle producers have to reduce methane emissions to zero by 2030, or offset them by carbon…