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GrainCorp boss says super seaweed is a cattle industry game-changer – The Australian Financial Review
GrainCorp has confirmed its place alongside Andrew Forrest and Woolworths in backing a CSIRO-developed seaweed additive that stops cows expelling methane.
Future Feeds is the investment vehicle set up by the science and research agency to commercialise a seaweed product found to dramatically cut methane emissions from cattle while improving their growth rates.
Although the ink is not yet dry on the investment deal, Mr Spurway said GrainCorp looked forward to bringing its expertise in livestock feed development and animal nutrition to the table.
Cattle with the seaweed added into their feed grew 20 per cent faster on average than those not given …
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