Lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Genetics has a key role to play in enabling farmers to breed more efficient cows and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Many farmers think they have to wait for emerging solutions like methane vaccines and inhibitors, nitrification inhibitors, low emissions feed, animal devices and manure management to advance before they can reduce their GHG footprint. This is simply not the case! Farmers can start their emissions reduction journey today by breeding a lighter. Jersey farmers are already able to demonstrate a 7-12% reduction in emissions intensity according to recent data from milk processors. Watch this short video (2 mins) and see how they are doing it.