Dsm-firmenich’s revolutionary feed complement Bovaer has reached a major milestone within the discount of enteric methane emissions from cows. So far, the additive has enabled farmers to save lots of 50,000 metric tons of CO2e and counting.
Bovaer contributes to a major and speedy discount of the environmental footprint of beef and dairy merchandise.
The additive suppresses enzymes that set off methane manufacturing within the cow’s rumen, with only a quarter teaspoon of Bovaer per cow a day lowering methane emissions by 30% from dairy cows and 45% from beef cattle.
Feed components supply the best potential for sector-wide methane reductions and may very well be feasibly applied throughout the dairy and beef chain. Presently, dsm-firmenich is working with companions throughout the globe to introduce Bovaer to a number of markets and worth chains via on-farm trials and pilots.
Following a number of profitable large-scale pilots for Bovaer in Might 2023, the Bel Group, a French cheese producer will now deploy Bovaer to all 10,000 cows supplying milk in Slovakia, chopping methane emissions by 1/4 for every farm and representing an total yearly 400-ton menthane discount.
These outcomes are a testomony to dsm-firmenich’s pioneering contribution to the discount of agriculture GHG emissions and Bovaer’s confirmed skill in stopping the formation of methane within the cow’s rumen. Dsm-firmenich’s subsequent milestone for Bovaer is a 100,000 metric ton of CO2e discount, as they proceed to try in the direction of net-zero protein manufacturing.
Bovaer is permitted and obtainable on the market in over 45 international locations, together with the EU/EEA, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Pakistan, Switzerland and Turkey (per June 2023).
