This document discusses reducing methane emissions from livestock such as sheep. It notes that microbes in the rumen of ruminant animals produce methane. Methods proposed to reduce these emissions include breeding programs to select animals that produce less methane, developing new forage plants, and modeling the carbon footprint of farms. The document also mentions a research site that is testing the potential of a native shrub to reduce methane emissions from sheep.

2. Reducing livestock emissions School of Animal Biology

3. Microbes in the rumen are responsible for methane emissions from ruminants

4. … .that produce methane

5. Reducing methane production: Genetics New forages Modelling carbon footprint Ridgefield: 1 of 4 ‘National Demonstration Sites’

6. We can breed for better wool We can breed for better meat …… . Can we breed sheep that produce less methane?

7. Native shrub: Eremophila glabra

8. Site preparation for planting Eremophila glabra

9. Young seedling of Eremophila glabra

10. 4 months growth of Eremophila glabra

11. 7 months growth of Eremophila glabra