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Panel Discusses Innovation and Collaboration in Agriculture at Climate Tech Summit

November 12, 2024

By Tracy Sellers

As farmers and ranchers face challenges such as a changing climate, resource scarcity and the pressure to feed an ever-growing population, they also find themselves intertwined more than ever with the technology industry, as both look to find sustainable and feasible solutions for our food system.

Reducing Dairy Methane Emissions: California Sets an Example for the World

October 31, 2024

California’s climate targets for agriculture are some of the most ambitious in the world. Fortunately, by incentivizing the adoption of new technologies on farms, we can meet these goals.

Dr. Frank Mitloehner Joins Carbon and Cow$ Podcast to Discuss Anaerobic Manure Digesters on California Dairy Farms

Dr. Frank Mitloehner Joins the Carbon and Cow$ Podcast to Discuss Anaerobic Manure Digesters on California Dairy Farms

May 30, 2024

Not only are the devices helping California producers meet their ambitious methane-reduction goals, they’re producing a source of biofuel that might power our automobiles down the road.

How cross-breeding beef and dairy cows can improve sustainability on farm

July 07, 2023

In recent years, new management strategies on dairy farms have cooked up solutions that allow us to make a cheeseburger relying on the dairy industry alone, which carries benefits for people, producers, and the planet.

GWP* More Useful in Measuring Warming Cause by Livestock Methane Emissions

January 27, 2023

Quick Facts:

First work to apply GWP* to sectoral emissions from a North American animal production system.
Serves as case study for the application of GWP* to smaller industry- and locale-specific CH4 emissions data.
GWP* matches the dynamics of warming from declining background CH4 emissions better than GWP-based emissions.

New Report: California is Pioneering a Pathway to Significant Dairy Methane Reduction

December 14, 2022

CDRF and UC Davis CLEAR Center release a new analysis of methane reduction in California dairy. The paper, authored by researchers at the UC Davis, concludes that the sector can reduce methane by 40% by 2030 with aggressive mitigation efforts..

How Dairy Milk Has Improved its Environmental and Climate Impact

August 04, 2021

Mitloehner lab Ph.D. student Conor McCabe, M.S. explains that with innovation and technology like improved breeding genetics, nutrition research, and better veterinary care a glass of milk today has a much lower environmental footprint than even a few decades ago.

Dairy Cow in greenhouse gas emissions measurement head chamber

A new study from Dr. Frank Mitloehner’s lab at UC Davis looks at reducing enteric methane using essential oils

by CLEAR Center Staff
July 30, 2021

Whether or not you subscribe to the ability of essential oils to ease your stress, lighten your mood or give you a feeling of calm, it’s worth taking a look at how some of them are being used as feed additives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions of cattle. A team at University of California, Davis, under the leadership of Frank Mitloehner, Ph.D., published a paper in October 2020, studying Agolin® Ruminant (AGO) and its ability to do just that. The Mitloehner Lab found an 11 percent reduction in methane intensity.

How handling manure waste from dairy cattle impacts greenhouse gas emissions and climate change

May 14, 2021

How handling manure waste from dairy cattle impacts greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

Dairy cattle on pasture with sun reflecting off of structure

WWF offers model for change

May 13, 2021

Dairy will continue to be part of diets around the world, and some regions would likely benefit from more dairy. Given so, looking at reducing its environmental impact will be critical as we tackle climate change. And the WWF is addressing just that in their latest report.