PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand — More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in New Zealand to be fed Kowbucha, a punnily named probiotic that studies show reduces burps -- or methane emissions.

A $1.2 million Government–industry investment through AgriZeroNZ into a breakthrough technology to cut agricultural emissions ...

The owners of a Highland cow petting farm said its afternoon tea and animal experience would be relocated after it was refused planning permission. Highland Cow Cottage, in Church End, Arrington, was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand (AP) — How do ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The ...

New Zealand has rid 271 farms of a disease known to decimate cow populations, effectively eradicating it from the country. The bacterial disease, Mycoplasma bovis, causes immense pain in cows as it ...

Reporting from Vernon County, Mo. — Kevin van der Poel remembers the skepticism and suspicion when he moved here more than four years ago from New Zealand to raise dairy cattle. When he started ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand-- New Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herd. Politicians and industry leaders ...

New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The government said the farm levy ...

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand — How do you stop a cow from burping? It might sound like the start of a humorous riddle, but it’s the subject of a huge scientific inquiry in New Zealand. And the answer ...