WITH millions of hectares of Northern Australia currently on fire, the role of grazing animals for fire mitigation and avoiding associated emissions has been creating discussion.
Large parts of the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland have all burnt in the past two months – with many of those blazes still active.
With the fires happening at the same time the microscope is being put on methane from livestock, some in the cattle industry have been calling for greater recognition of the role livestock play in avoiding emissions from fire.
Well-known Western Qld producer…