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Dairy-Tech: Methane sensor trial

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

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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Megan Powell
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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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