Helping our farmers meet their sustainability goals
Learn more about how LIC is helping Australian farmers tackle current and future climate challenges
November 9, 2023
Learn more about how LIC is helping Australian farmers tackle current and future climate challenges
Are you trying to solve current problems with historic tools? LIC FarmWise consultant, Darren Sutton, explores strategic ways dairy farmers can adapt to the changing climate.
Breeding dairy cows that produce less methane and nitrogen is helping one Tasmanian farm group meet its sustainability goals.
New research has confirmed bulls’ genetics play a role in how much methane they emit, highlighting the potential for farmers to breed low methane-emitting cows in the future.
LIC Australia has partnered with DairyTas to help identify ways to reduce the carbon footprint of dairying in Tasmania.
The future opportunity for New Zealand dairy farmers to breed more climate friendly cows could become reality after trials find a possible link between a bulls’ genetics and the amount of methane they produce.
LIC has been developing a modelling system that can be used to quantify emissions and excretion, the result is their HoofPrint® index
LIC reproduction scientist Lorna McNaughton, looks at the importance of low- methane bulls as we move towards reducing emissions.
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