Ocean farmed seaweed harvests underway

Ocean farmed seaweed harvests underway

This year marks Australia’s first harvests of commercial-grade, farmed ocean seaweeds – the first in September, the second in November. Both harvests, in Tasmania, have occurred under the auspices of the Seaweed Solutions Cooperative Research Centres Project (CRC-P), funded through the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources.

Why dairy farmers are looking to the sea to reduce methane emissions

Why dairy farmers are looking to the sea to reduce methane emissions

After years of research and development, scientists and farmers are now working together to reduce methane emissions from dairy cattle with seaweed supplements. According to the CSIRO, if just 10% of the livestock industry took this up, it would produce the same positive environmental effect as removing 100 million cars from the road.

Seaweed-infused cow burps the key to methane emissions reduction

Seaweed-infused cow burps the key to methane emissions reduction

The Narungga Nation’s traditional lands in South Australia are set to become a world-leading aquaculture farm for a seaweed that can reduce cattle’s methane output by up to 99 per cent. The seaweed in question is a red algae called Asparagopsis taxiformis and it’s cool water relative Asparagopsis armata.