The dairy industry is looking at ways of mitigating dairy cows' greenhouse gas production. Photo: Southern Rural Life filesA vaccine could be available within five to seven years to inhibit methane (CH4) gas production in dairy cows by about 30%. ''The key thing with climate change, there is no one silver bullet, but we have a suite of options,'' Ms Lok said. DairyNZ also intends to run a series of climate change workshops for its farmers early next year. About 100 of Fonterra's suppliers throughout the country will also be part of an on-farm greenhouse gas recording pilot and will provide each participant with a greenhouse gas report, including methane, as part of their environmental performance reporting, by November 2018.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 15, 2017 16:07 UTC