Livestock Project

The Technical Working Group on Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases (T-AGG) developed a report summarizing strategies for managing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock (cattle and swine) systems and reviewed options for quantification and accounting for farm-scale implementation of such strategies. 

Report

Adobe_PDF_file_icon_32x32.png Report: Near-Term Options for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock Systems in the United States:  Beef, Dairy, and Swine Production Systems

Adobe_PDF_file_icon_32x32.png Companion Policy Brief

The objective of this report is to synthesize and communicate the fundamental information necessary for designing agricultural GHG mitigation and reporting programs. It will be of use to private or voluntary markets and registries, commodity group and supply chain initiatives, and regulatory agencies. It summarizes strategies for managing GHG emissions from livestock systems and reviews options for quantifying and accounting for farm-scale implementation of such strategies.