Ruminant Methane Survey Results.
May 2025
Prepared by
NZ FARMING
GROUNDSWELL NZ
METHANE SCIENCE ACCORD
Question 1.
Do you think reducing livestock methane in New Zealand will have a measurable impact on global climate change?
Will reducing livestock methane in NZ will have a measurable impact on global climate change?
Question 2.
If you consider that New Zealand’s livestock methane emissions have an immeasurable impact on global warming, should farmers still be required to reduce methane emissions to supposedly maintain market access and trade relationships?
Should farmers be required to reduce methane emissions to maintain market access & trade?
Question 3.
Should our Agricultural sector be doing more to educate our own government, trade partners and global policymakers (e.g, the UN, IPCC) about the actual role of ruminants in the carbon cycle?
Should our Agricultural sector be doing more to educate our own government?
Question 4.
New Zealand’s ‘Taste Pure Nature’ campaign highlighted our pasture-raised, low-input farming system, helping secure premium markets and consumer trust.
Do you think the use of methane inhibitors (boluses, vaccines and feed additives) could undermine this trusted reputation?
Could the use of methane inhibitors could undermine NZ's trusted PURE NATURE reputation?
Question 5.
Would you be comfortable consuming meat and dairy from animals that have been given methane inhibitors such as boluses, vaccines, or feed additives?
Would you be comfortable consuming meat and dairy from animals that have been given methane inhibitors?
Question 6.
Are you prepared to use methane inhibitors in your stock (methane vaccines, methane boluses, feed additives)
Are you prepared to use methane inhibitors in your stock?
Question 7.
To date, over $330 million has been spent on ruminant methane research, with up to $400 million more committed. What would you prefer this money was spent on?
Frontline Healthcare
Infrastructure
Methane Research
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