Agri Hour: 21 September, Chris Burges, Michiel Scholtz

The carbon footprint of livestock came under scrutiny when the editor of Landbouweekblad, Chris Burges, spoke to senior researcher at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Michiel Scholtz, about the impact of livestock farming on the environment. During this question and answer session, Scholtz revealed that livestock is not the biggest producer of methane gasses, as people make it out to be. Here is Burges and Scholtz…