SMEthane

SMEthane aims to provide a technological platform for SME’s to develop and progress further knowledge on the successful use of nutritional additives to reduce methane (CH₄) emissions from ruminants. In particular the project will address the 6 major constraints that currently limit the sector specifically:

• The need to standardise and report the concentration of active component in the additive


• The stability of the compounds in practical conditions 


• The persistence of the effects/adaptation of the rumen ecosystem


• The lack of in vivo data over a range of livestock production systems


• The effect of extract on the perceived quality of milk products


• A lack of production data on which to base calculations of market prices