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Cattle feeds hope for methane emission cut

Australia may have refused to sign up to an international pledge to reduce methane emissions, but some Australian farmers are getting on with the job.

Some of Australia's farmers are getting on with the job of reducing methane emissions despite the federal government not joining the latest global pledge.

NSW farmer Chick Olsson has for the past six years been making feed supplements that help major pastoralists reduce methane emissions from their cattle...

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27 Oct 2022

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"We have a received some blocks from the project and now our cattle look healthier and grow faster. Before the emission control blocks it was difficult to bring the cattle home at night, today they return home more easily because they know the emission control blocks are waiting for them."

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