Agriculture is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and has great
potential for mitigating climate change. The aim of this study is to analyze the amount …

Purpose The majority of sustainability studies of dairy farms focused on environmental
performance and profitability; however, social aspect has been hardly assessed. This study …

Small changes in the large stock of soil organic carbon (SOC) can have a substantial
influence on the climate impact of agriculture. We used information from a Swedish soil …

In Ireland, the world's first-of-a-kind integrated dairy biorefinery has been developed to
address waste disposal challenges in the dairy industry by converting dairy side streams …

This article examines pathways among farmers' extension participation, the uptake of
recommended farm management practices and economic and environmental sustainability …

Increasing dairy farm productivity while simultaneously mitigating greenhouse gases
emissions is a common policy goal in many countries. In this paper, we assess trade-offs …

Rumen methanogenesis results in the loss of 6% to 10% of gross energy intake in cattle and
globally is the single most significant source of anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions …

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and nitrogen (N) efficiencies were modeled for 2 genetic
groups (GG) of Holstein-Friesian cows across 3 contrasting feeding treatments (FT). The 2 …

Dairy production is a vital part of the Brazilian agri-food system, providing food security,
employment, and income in rural areas. Nevertheless, rearing dairy cattle leads to …

Carbon (C) footprint of dairy production, expressed in kg C dioxide (CO2) equivalents
(CO2e)(kg energy-corrected milk (ECM))-1, encompasses emissions from feed production …