John Webster 
Achieving net zero dairy farming [EPUB ebook] 

Part 1 Fundamentals and measurement on the dairy farm

• 1.Overall nutrients and energy flows within the dairy cow: John Webster, University of Bristol, UK;


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


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


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


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


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

Part 2 Strategies to achieve net zero: Supporting the dairy cow

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


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


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


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

Part 3 Strategies to achieve net zero: System-level improvements

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


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


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


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


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

Part 4 Conclusion * 16.Achieving net zero: weighing the options arising from new understanding: John Webster, University of Bristol, UK;

Dr Luis O. Tedeschi is a Professor, Texas A&M Agri Life Research Fellow, and Chancellor EDGES Fellow at the Department of Animal Science, and an Honorary Professor at the Dipartimento di Scienze Agraria at the University of Sassari, Italy. He is recognized internationally for his accomplishments in the modeling nutrition of ruminants.