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20–21 January 2027, NEC, Birmingham

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"It will be fascinating to see how Defra mandate their use in practice"

This month industry commentator, Eric Lister who has worked in the industry for over 40 years, discusses methane inhibitors and offers a word of warning that they may not be the silver bullet in the race to reduce emissions

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"It will be fascinating to see how Defra mandate their use in practice"

Somebody looking in on the industry could be forgiven for thinking that all farmers need to do to reduce emissions is to sprinkle a magic methane inhibitor on the diet and all their problems would be solved....

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