Australian red meat sector sets 2030 carbon neutral target

Beef cattle (photo Julie May)

Research and marketing group, Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has funded a CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) research project to identify ways the industry could become carbon neutral. After a year of study, the managing director, Richard Norton, announced that the industry could become carbon neutral by 2030. He was addressing the MLA annual general meeting in Alice Springs on November 22, 2017.

According to MLA, potential strategies for reaching the target will include offsetting emissions with carbon farming, genetic selection and a potential vaccine to reduce methane production. Expanding the use of legumes and dung beetles in pastures could also be used to offset emissions.

Read more at: Australian red meat sector sets 2030 carbon neutral target at Alice Springs producer forum. ABC News, November 22, 2017.