TLF ID M020088
This study guide examines ways Australian cattle and sheep farmers are monitoring and researching how greenhouse gas emissions are being produced by farms and steps farmers use to reduce them. This includes selective breeding programs to produce cattle and sheep whose digestive processes emit less methane, research into types of feeds that result in fewer emissions and changes in farming operations to improve energy efficiency. A range of articles and student activities explore the carbon cycle, the impact of climate change and innovative ways farmers are minimising the impact for future generations, using practical and research examples.