The Dutch company, dsm-firmenich has released a statement, emphasising that Bovaer is an 'important scientific innovation in the fight against climate change'.

The Dutch company which owns and developed the methane reducing feed additive Bovaer said 'the current misinformation' around Bovaer was just another example of how 'scare stories can proliferate online.'

Dsm-firmenich has released a statement, emphasising that Bovaer is an 'important scientific innovation in the fight against climate change', adding it was been confirmed as 'totally safe, both for the cow and for consumers of milk and dairy products.'

The government’s long-awaited Land Use Strategy is set to be pushed back again until at least early 2025.

On 26 November, Defra’s parliamentary under-secretary of state, Baroness Hayman of Ullock, told the House of Lords: “We expect the green paper to be published for consultation in the new year and I urge all noble lords to read it and take part in the consultation.”

The green paper outlining Defra’s initial proposals should help to provide a bellwether on how seriously the government views food production in relation to other environmental, housing, and solar targets.

A study by the German Potato Trade Association (UNIKA) and the DKHV has found that fresh potato cultivation produces less greenhouse gas emissions than cereal production.

The detailed literature review focused on the carbon footprint associated with potato cultivation and processing.

The research was led by Dr Marcel Naumann and Professor Elke Pawelzik from Georg-August University of Göttingen and contextualises the sector’s current carbon output and identifies potential areas for reduction.

Arla has joined forces with some of its retailer buyers in a farm-level study investigating how a specific feed additive can help reduce enteric methane emissions.

Around 30 Arla milk suppliers have been recruited to trial Bovaer to help the co-operative and retailers better understand how the product impacts on farm operations and how additives in general can be incorporated into feeding routines and their use scaled up.

Arla has described it as a “first of its kind” initiative, with its UK agricultural director Paul Dover suggesting that feed additives have “huge potential” to improve carbon footprint at farm level.

A refreshed government agri-tech strategy that helps unlock the potential of agriculture to deliver multiple benefits is now vital for the next decade, a report says.

There is 'clearly' a need for a new ag-tech strategy for the next 10 years following on from first one, launched in 2013, according to Agri-TechE's report.

While there is 'much optimism' for the next decade of UK and global agri-tech innovation, contributors to the report also identify challenges.

Farmers in the Fens are utilising insights from satellite technologies to help them combat the impact of extreme weather while boosting food security.

The new study is working with East Anglian farmers, as well as farmers in Kenya, to take advantage of data from cutting-edge satellite technology.

The research is proposing new solutions to give farmers better access to the data they need to make themselves more resilient to the impact of climate change.

Multi-drug resistance in UK animals remains at its lowest level since reporting started a decade ago as shown in a report published by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD).

The figures, published in the latest UK-Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance (VARSS) Report during World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, show that antibiotic sales in food-producing animals remain at a 59% reduction since 2014. Sales of antibiotics of highest critical importance to human health remain at extremely low levels, accounting for less than half a percent of total veterinary antibiotic sales.

Abi Seager, Veterinary Medicines Directorate CEO said: "The VMD has been publishing antibiotic sales, use and resistance data for the UK's animal population for over a decade and the positive trends demonstrate the dedication of the UK's farmers and vets to ensure responsible antibiotic use in animals.”

Denmark has agreed on how to implement the world’s first tax on agricultural emissions, including flatulence by livestock.

This comes after months of negotiations between the country’s major parties, farmers, the industry, trade unions and environmental groups. The Green Tripartite agreement was first announced in June.

From 2030, farmers will have to pay a levy of 300 kroner ($43; £34) per tonne of methane (as per carbon dioxide equivalent) on emissions from livestock including cows and pigs, which will rise to 750 kroner in 2035.

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA’s) GMO panel has issued a positive opinion on the safety of Impossible Foods’ heme protein ingredient (soy leghemoglobin), bringing the firm’s flagship products closer to commercialization in the EU.

There will now be a 30-day comment period, during which questions of a scientific nature will be addressed by EFSA and the European Commission. The Commission will then draft a decision to be brought to the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed.

Peer-reviewed research published recently, describes a new technology that could revolutionise a century-old approach to providing nitrogen to crops. The study, a collaboration of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Purdue University, and Pivot Bio, a sustainable agriculture company, presented first-of-its-kind evidence showing how gene-editing enhances microbes' ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen and transfer it to cereal crops.

Using isotopically labeled nitrogen, researchers traced nitrogen in the air to chlorophyll of corn leaves, providing evidence that it was fixed from the air by the gene-edited microbes. Field studies also showed that these microbes could fix and supply nitrogen comparable to up to 40 lbs of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer with similar yields.