Australian Seaweed Supplement Touted to Reduce Livestock Industry Emissions

Australian Seaweed Supplement Touted to Reduce Livestock Industry Emissions
Cows eat out of a trough at a dairy farm on the Darling Downs, Queensland, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. AAP Image/Dan Peled
Henry Jom
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A native Australian seaweed shown to reduce methane emissions in cattle has seen its first commercial purchase by a South Australian meat processor just weeks after the global sale of the seaweed was announced.

This follows four years of extensive research and fast-tracked commercial licensing between Australia-government researchers at CSIRO, Meat and Livestock Australia, and James Cook University.

Henry Jom
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Henry Jom is a reporter for The Epoch Times, Australia, covering a range of topics, including medicolegal, health, political, and business-related issues. He has a background in the rehabilitation sciences and is currently completing a postgraduate degree in law. Henry can be contacted at [email protected]
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