John Webster 
Achieving net zero dairy farming [EPUB ebook] 

Part 1 Fundamentals: The dairy cow

• 1.Advances in understanding overall nutrient/energy flows within the dairy cow: Seppo Ahvenjärvi, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Finland;


• 2.Advances in understanding protein/nitrogen processing by the dairy cow: Jeff Firkins, Ohio State University, USA;


• 3.Advances in understanding methane production in the dairy cow: Mohammed Ramin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden;

Part 2 Fundamentals and measurement: Dairy farms

• 4.Assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from different types of dairy farm: C. Alan Rotz, USDA-ARS, USA;


• 5.Measuring energy use on dairy farms: Majeed Safa, Lincoln University, New Zealand;


• 6.Water use on dairy farms: António Monteiro, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal;


• 7.Measuring methane emissions from individual dairy farms: Luis O. Tedeschi, Texas A&M University, USA;


• 8.Ways of measuring the overall carbon footprint of dairy farming: Jonathan Herron, Teagasc, Ireland;

Part 3 Strategies to achieve net zero: Supporting the dairy cow

• 9.Genetics and breeding for reduced methane emissions: Anouk van Breukelen, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands;


• 10.Improving individual animal productivity/feed conversion efficiency: Robin R. White, Virginia Tech, USA;


• 11.Improving housing and housing management to reduce/manage emissions and waste: Pol Llonch, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain;


• 12.Use of methane-inhibiting feed additives/inhibitors: John Newbold, SRUC, UK;

Part 4 Strategies to achieve net zero: System-level improvements

• 13.Manure management and processing: Alice Rocha, University of California-Davis, USA;


• 14.Optimising manure/slurry application on the farm: Shabtai Bittman, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada;


• 15.Methane utilisation on dairy farms: Sigrid Kusch-Brandt, University of Southampton, UK;


• 16.Dairy farming and water catchment management: David J. Horne, Massey University, New Zealand;


• 17.Integrating dairy farming and crop production: Susanne Wiesner, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA;

Dr C. Al Rotz is an Agricultural Engineer with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. Dr Rotz’s research activities are diverse, but all have involved experimental evaluation of machinery systems and the development, evaluation, and use of mathematical models of agricultural production systems.