by Tove Hatling Jystad | Dec 19, 2024 | Biochar, Methane reduction, Zero-emission farm
Master's student Svein Wara has investigated the effect of biochar in dairy feeding for calves in his master's thesis, which was submitted in the spring of 2024. Svein has been a student at Nord University in Steinkjer, and has worked with biochar and calves during his studies. The experiment was carried out in...
by Berit Fix | Mar 4, 2024 | Livestock, Methane reduction, Zero-emission farm
What is this?Recording of the event "Methane inhibitors with Harald Volden and Eirik Selmer-Olsen" which was organized by the Green Competence Center Mære-Skjetlein on February 1, 2024. At Mære Agricultural School, an experiment was carried out in the summer of 2023 with the methane inhibitor 3NOP in...
by Berit Fix | Sep 25, 2023 | Biochar, Author bio, R&D, Livestock, Methane reduction, Zero-emission farm
We are constantly working to reduce greenhouse gases here at the Zero Emission Farm in Mære. One of the experiments that has been carried out in this field is about biochar and manure. We asked ourselves: Can we make a cover of biochar in the manure storage and thus reduce...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 24, 2023 | Livestock, Carbon bonding, Methane reduction
NIBIO has, on behalf of Mære Agricultural School, prepared a report on which measures may be appropriate to implement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from farming at Mære Agricultural School. The report is part of the project "Zero Emission Farm Mære". Data from...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 24, 2023 | Livestock, Methane reduction
The breeding company Geno is breeding a dairy cow with lower methane emissions. "The climate contribution could be as much as 10% lower emissions from dairy production over a 10-year period, and if we succeed, we can reduce emissions that constitute a significant contribution to agriculture's total...
by Mariann Hovin | Mar 24, 2023 | Blue-green initiative, Livestock, Methane reduction
Can seaweed and kelp in feed for ruminants both reduce methane emissions and at the same time be a good substitute for soy meal? Prabhat Khanal, associate professor at the Faculty of Life Sciences and Aquaculture at Nord University, Department of Steinkjer, has seen this in the dairy barn at...
