Methane emissions from dairy farms higher than previously thought – new study

By Neil Ward, Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research , University of East Anglia

To reach net zero by 2050, the UK must reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and methane emissions from farm livestock pose a thorny problem. Ruminants such as cattle and sheep emit methane from their digestive systems and their manure. Scientists are trying to find ways to reduce these methane emissions without wiping out large parts of the agricultural industry.

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