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When cows are going hungry, should their rights trump those of national parks? AAP Image/Dean Lewins

Queensland cattle crisis: animal welfare or the environment?

By Clare McCausland, University of Melbourne and Siobhan O'Sullivan, University of Melbourne

Due to a serious drought that has seen one-third of Queensland drought declared, farmers are struggling to feed their cattle. There’s inadequate feed on their own land, feed is hard to source in the marketplace…
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Dairy farmers will be able to claim carbon credits if they feed their cows right. Eli Duke

Reducing methane from dairy cows: it’s all in the oil

By Richard Eckard, University of Melbourne

The Carbon Farming Initiative is about to provide incentives for dairy farmers to reduce emissions from their milking cows. Emissions will be reduced by changing the cows' diet. The proposed new methodology…
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It looks delicious, but is a diet free of red meat better for the planet? stu spivack

Could your diet save the planet?

By Richard Eckard, University of Melbourne

By now most of us have read articles suggesting we “eat less red meat and save the planet”. Some may also have heard statements by the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr Rajendra…

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