Year Awarded 2025
FFAR award amount $726,686
Total award amount $1,863,363
Location Ellinbank, Victoria, Australia
Matching Funders The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, ADM, Ag Emissions Centre (formerly New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre), Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB), Elanco, Genus PLC, Nestlé, the Global Methane Hub and JBS USA.
Grantee Institution State of Victoria as represented by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action through Agriculture Victoria Research
Cows and other ruminant animals produce enteric methane as part of their natural digestive process. This methane is the single largest source of direct greenhouse gases in the beef and dairy sectors. Addressing enteric methane emissions is critical to slowing the effects of climate change while also helping the dairy and beef sectors meet their sustainability goals. This project is exploring the effectiveness and safety of feeding grazing dairy cows bromoform, a methane-reducing compound, daily during a 10-month full lactation period to assess the impacts on the cows, their calves and milk quality and determine whether bromoform can be used as a methane-mitigation tool for grazing dairy systems.