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Dairy-Tech: Methane sensor trial

Data from inexpensive methane sensors in the milking parlour at Newcastle University's Nafferton 51AVÊÓƵis being used to look at the impact of selective breeding on emissions

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Megan Powell

Megan Powell from the University explained that the low cost ‘sniffer sensors' had been installed on half the feed troughs in the farm's 2:12 herringbone parlour in 2023. The gases are sampled when the...

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