So decreasing the amount of methane they produce should
improve feed conversion efficiency and so could be an improvement that pays for itself even without considering climate benefits.
Not exact matches
The economic and environmental benefits of adopting practices that reduce emissions may include:
improving the
conversion of
feed to energy, reducing nitrogen losses from intensive production systems and the potential to create offsets under the Carbon Farming Initiative.
His career work focused on
improving growth rate,
feed conversion, and meat yield in chickens and turkeys.
Emissions could be reduced by
improving the quality of
feed, which would also lead to more efficient
conversion to meat.