If you had one shot, one opportunity, would you capture it or just let it slip?
Aussie farmers have the opportunity to show the world that growing quality and affordable produce doesn’t have to come at a cost to our environment. At DIT AgTech, we’re helping livestock producers seize this opportunity.
Reduce methane by 10% with uPRO BLUE
uPRO BLUE, pioneered by DIT AgTech, is Australia’s only methane-reducing feed supplement able to be delivered by a precision dosing system into livestock drinking water. It leverages a blend of crude protein and phosphorus to improve livestock productivity. Plus Agolin, a certified and approved feed additive that can cut livestock methane emissions by 10%.
Automate cabon accounting
The DIT AgTech uDOSE supplement delivery system monitors dose rates and supplement consumption, and stores this data in an easy to use dashboard called uHUB. The dashboard automatically calculates methane avoidance. Making it easy to claim a Carbon Credit.
Claim your carbon credits
We are currently working with Verra to develop a project and methodology that will allow producers to claim carbon credits by methane emissions avoidance. Once we register the project, producers will be able to claim carbon credits for their methane emission avoidance efforts. Any methane previously reduced via uDOSE will be claimable in retrospect.
WHY IT MATTERS
Methane: A crucial opportunity in the climate fight
Methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere. While CO2 has a longer-lasting effect, methane sets the pace for warming in the near term.
Methane emissions from ruminant livestock in Australia account for 11% of total national greenhouse gas emissions. Extensive grazing contributes to 92% of all Methane emissions from livestock in Australia.
Cutting methane emissions is the fastest opportunity we have to immediately slow the rate of global warming, even as we decarbonise our energy systems.
Your work to reduce methane emissions on your farm is vital to helping slow climate change, and giving us time to adapt.
Market research found 1 in 4 consumers indicated a willingness to pay 15% more for carbon neutral beef. And 1 in 5 are willing to pay a 30% price premium – MLA report, 2022
Credit: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
INNOVATING FOR IMPACT
Curbing methane emissions with DIT AgTech
DIT AgTech is currently working with Verra – the world’s most widely used voluntary emissions reduction certifier – to develop a project and methodology that will allow producers to claim carbon credits by methane emissions avoidance.
Our uDOSE supplement delivery system can feed methane-reducing supplements to cattle via drinking water while accurately measuring and recording consumption data.
We are close to gaining approval from Verra to include water dosing technology (uDOSE) as a delivery mechanism for methane reducing feed additives under the VM0041 Methodology.
Producers can already start feeding a methane-reducing supplement (uPRO BLUE) to livestock using the uDOSE system.
Once we register our project with Verra, producers will also be able to claim carbon credits for their methane emission avoidance efforts. Any methane previously reduced via uDOSE will be claimable in retrospect.
CQUni Research Study: Water-Based Livestock Methane Mitigation
The ‘Water-Based Livestock Methane Mitigation’ project is a research collaboration between DIT AgTech and CQ University, funded by Meat & Livestock Australia.
Currently in vivo, the project is examining a range of methane-reducing compounds to determine if they can be safely and effectively delivered to cattle via automated water systems to decrease enteric methane emissions.
Getting started is easy
Want to learn how DIT AgTech’s methane avoidance solutions could work on your property? Book a 15 minute phone consultation to get all your questions answered and get started on your methane avoidance journey.
WAYS TO REACH US
1300 123 348
PO Box 2822, Toowoomba 4350
Shed 1b/7-9 Gardner Ct, Wilsonton QLD 4350
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognise their continuous connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past and present.
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