Much of the research is taking place at a Palmerston North campus, which some have jokingly taken to calling Gumboot Valley, in a nod to Silicon Valley.
Inhibitors could also reduce methane by at least 30% and perhaps by up to 90%, according to Janssen. The challenge is that the compounds need to be safe for animal consumption and not pass through the meat or milk to humans. Inhibitors must also be regularly administered.But other technologies such as selective breeding, which could reduce methane output by 15%, will be rolled out onto sheep farms as early as next year, Janssen said. A similar program for cows may not be too far behind.
At one greenhouse on the campus, scientists are developing genetically modified clover. Visitors must wear booties and medical scrubs and avoid putting down objects to prevent any cross-contamination. “What this team has done is they’ve actually identified, through their research, a master switch that switches on condensed tannins in the leaves,” said Linda Johnson, a science group manager at AgResearch.
However, New Zealand has strict rules that ban most genetically modified crops, a regulatory barrier that the scientists will need to overcome if they are to introduce the modified feed to the nation’s farms.
Weird ass control freaks! I’d rather put tubes inna cows butt to centrally ‘capture’ then store and later USE, a cows fart, than fiddle with its friggin DNA,…!
tell me this is a joke
Corks.... lol 🤡's
The solution is to stop eating food produced from the other side of the globe. Eat fresh and locally produced meat and vegetables.
Just turn them into soylent Green ,that seems to be where everyone's headed.
Well that sounds safe 😒
Climate fanatics
And diapers , jk
Still working on a way to fit Jacinta's teeth in her head.
Some scientists are like a horses - with flaps on their eyes. Looking directly at the point of their interrest, they completely ommit all the consequences around.. And they pretend being surprised later. It started long time ago by lead gasoline additive 'not harmful'.
Poor cows! They should stop all of this nonsenses!
...it would be far more beneficial for the planet earth to abolish its miseries - humanity ..
Seems like another plan to condition people. People didn’t really accept the “beyond meat” or eating bugs campaign. Sounds like the answer is to make up some ridiculous climate crisis lie so they can eliminate cows.
That's awesome 👍
Wake up jacinda
I thought Greta Thunberg wanted to put pipes up there bungholes and turn that gas into energy?
Now I've seen it all, a mandatory vaccine for cow farting.
The most promising solution is reduction of meat and milk demand.
EvelDick Who would have thought in 2022 we'd be discussing selective breeding to create low-emission livestock...
FFS enough
Or stop killing animals and go vegan for your health, the planets health and not to cause untold animal suffering.
Really awesome thanks for the knowledge! Keep up the good work!
Smh..
I burp. Can I help?
Let’s just stop the mass producing cruelty and then mass torturing , killing, and eating them . Maybe Mother Nature I’d doing all she can to say , “ you need to stop”
What could go wrong?
Another vaccine, I’m sure it’ll work just as good as the covid vaccines have been.
How about not eating animals
Utter utter nonsense why are countries wasting substantial amounts of money on this futile cause!
Ive got a really easy one: stop eating animals. That will eliminate the leading cause of green house gas emissions - which is animal agriculture.
Cow fart vaccine? Reality and parody are indistinguishable.
They really figured out the cow fart thing, I take it back.
Cow farts……we are worried about cow farts FFS
Yes, let's try to change the climate by f'n up nature.
Yeah no suprise NZ would vax cows