A native Australian seaweed shown to reduce methane emissions in cattle has seen its first commercial purchase by a South Australian meat processor just weeks after the global sale of the seaweed was announced.
This follows four years of extensive research and fast-tracked commercial licensing between Australia-government researchers at CSIRO, Meat and Livestock Australia, and James Cook University.
CirPro, a South Australian meat processor, was the first buyer of the patented Asparagopsis feed supplement, FutureFeed, from CH4Global, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
CH4Global is one of three businesses licensed to sell Asparagopsis as a feed additive in Australia. The other two businesses are Sea Forest and SeaStock, according to the CSIRO website….