In this contributed article, Central Queensland producer Adam Coffey gives an explainer on how livestock emissions are measured and highlights some of the shortcomings he sees in how the metrics used. Mr Coffey is also on the newly-elected Cattle Australia board and the AgForce cattle board. Opinions expressed in this item are his own.
THE question of whether ruminant animal emissions should be regarded as anthropogenic (man-made) has been puzzling me for some time.
When considering country specific or global carbon emissions, ruminant emissions are accounted for under the same…
