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<img src="user/image/small/247/NZ%20AGRC%20Logo-POS-on%20WHITE-CMYK_Crop.jpg" border="0" alt="NZAGRClogo" title="NZAGRClogo" width="150" height="101" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="user/image/small/105/Screen%20shot%202011-12-19%20at%2011.56.00%20AM.png" border="0" alt="PGgRc" title="PGgRc" width="93" height="89" /> 
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The NZAGRC-PGgRc methane research programme&nbsp;builds on the NZAGRC&#39;s 2010-2014 objectives and the PGgRc&#39;s work since 2007. 
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The NZAGRC-PGgRc methane research programme pools New Zealand&#39;s resources to identify the most effective and practical solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 
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Our research programme aim is to deliver efficient, cost effective, highly productive, on-farm solutions to ensure New Zealand agriculture is economically and environmentally sustainable through the reduction of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. 
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The &#39;Mitigating Methane Emissions&#39; research programme has four main aims for delivery in the next one to three years: 
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	<li>Develop low methane-emitting breed selection tools</li>
	<li>Develop low GHG forage farm systems</li>
	<li>Develop a methane reduction vaccine solution</li>
	<li>Discover and test ruminal methane inhibitors that maintain productivity levels</li>
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<span class="h5"><a name="people" title="people"></a><br />
Principal Investigators</span> 
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Dr Graeme Attwood, AgResearch<br />
Dr Peter Janssen, AgResearch 
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<a name="Stories" title="Stories"></a><br />
<span class="h5">Stories</span> 
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			<td><a href="user/file/67/Release6_May_2012_p5.pdf" title="Animal variation project provides wealth of information">
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			<img src="user/image/thumb/281/Animal%20variation%20project%20provides%20wealth%20of%20information.jpg" border="0" alt="Animal variation project provides wealth of information" title="Animal variation project provides wealth of information" width="80" height="80" /> 
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			<a href="user/file/67/Release6_May_2012_p5.pdf" title="Animal variation project provides wealth of information" class="h6">Animal variation project</a> 
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			<p>
			<a href="user/file/67/Release6_May_2012_p5.pdf" title="Animal variation project provides wealth of information"><span class="h6">provides wealth of information</span> <br />
			Release Newsletter -&nbsp;May 2012 </a>
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			<td><a href="user/file/69/Release6_May_2012_p6.pdf" title="Rumen methanogen puzzle">
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			<img src="user/image/thumb/283/Piecing%20together%20the%20rumen%20methanogen%20puzzle.jpg" border="0" alt="Piecing together the rumen methanogen genome puzzle" title="Piecing together the rumen methanogen genome puzzle" width="80" height="80" /> 
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			<p>
			<a href="user/file/69/Release6_May_2012_p6.pdf" title="Rumen methanogen puzzle" class="h6">Piecing together the</a> 
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			<a href="user/file/69/Release6_May_2012_p6.pdf" title="Rumen methanogen puzzle"><span class="h6">rumen methanogen puzzle</span> <br />
			Release Newsletter -&nbsp;May 2012 </a>
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			<td><a href="user/file/70/Release6_May_2012_p7.pdf" title="Identifying friendly methane inhibitors">
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			<img src="user/image/thumb/282/Identifying%20friendly%20methane%20inhibitors.jpg" border="0" alt="Identifying friendly methane inhibitors" title="Identifying friendly methane inhibitors" width="80" height="80" /> 
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			<a href="user/file/70/Release6_May_2012_p7.pdf" title="Identifying friendly methane inhibitors" class="h6">Identifying &quot;friendly&quot;</a> 
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			<a href="user/file/70/Release6_May_2012_p7.pdf" title="Identifying friendly methane inhibitors"><span class="h6">methane inhibitors</span> <br />
			Release Newsletter -&nbsp;May 2012 </a>
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			<td><a href="user/file/16/Release5_February_2012_p4.pdf" title="Mitigation of Methane"><img src="user/image/thumb/220/Methane1.jpg" border="0" alt="Mitigation of Methane" title="Mitigation of Methane" width="80" height="80" /></a></td>
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			<p>
			<a href="user/file/16/Release5_February_2012_p4.pdf" title="Mitigation of Methane" class="h6">Mitigation</a><a href="user/file/16/Release5_February_2012_p4.pdf" title="Mitigation of Methane"></a><a href="user/file/16/Release5_February_2012_p4.pdf" title="Mitigation of Methane" class="h6"> of methane</a> 
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			<p>
			<span class="h6">NZAGRC Conference 2012<br />
			</span>Release Newsletter - February 2012 
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			<td><a href="user/file/17/Release3_Aug_2011_8-9.pdf" title="From tiny bottles to grazing sheep and cows"><img src="user/image/thumb/221/Cow%20Sheep.jpg" border="0" alt="Grazing Sheep and Cows" title="Grazing Sheep and Cows" width="80" height="80" /></a></td>
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			<a href="user/file/17/Release3_Aug_2011_8-9.pdf" title="From tiny bottles to grazing sheep and cows"><span class="h6">From </span><span class="h6">tiny bottles to grazing <br />
			sheep and cows</span><br />
			Release Newsletter - August 2011 </a>
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			<a href="user/file/17/Release3_Aug_2011_8-9.pdf" title="From tiny bottles to grazing sheep and cows"></a></td>
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			<td><a href="user/file/18/Release2_Apr_2011_p4.pdf" title="Methane rumen"><img src="user/image/thumb/222/Methane%20Rumen.jpg" border="0" alt="Methane Rumen" title="Methane Rumen" width="80" height="80" /></a></td>
			<td><a href="user/file/18/Release2_Apr_2011_p4.pdf" title="Methane rumen"><span class="h6">The methane</span><span class="h6">-free rumen - <br />
			the solution to all problems?<br />
			</span>Release Newsletter - April 2011</a> </td>
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			<td><a href="user/file/19/Release1_Dec_2010_p5.pdf" title="Technology transfer"><img src="user/image/thumb/219/Screen%20shot%202012-03-21%20at%2012.35.29%20PM.png" border="0" alt="Screen shot 2012-03-21 at 12.35.29 PM.png" title="Screen shot 2012-03-21 at 12.35.29 PM.png" width="80" height="80" /></a></td>
			<td><a href="user/file/19/Release1_Dec_2010_p5.pdf" title="Technology transfer"><span class="h6">Technology transfer could help <br />
			reduce me</span><span class="h6">thane emissions from <br />
			animal waste storage </span><br />
			Release Newsletter - December 2011 &nbsp;</a> </td>
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<a name="capability" title="capability"></a><span class="h5"><br />
<font face="Verdana" size="2" class="h5" color="#58595b">Linkages</font></span> 
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AnimalCHANGE <br />
CSIRO Livestock Industries <br />
DPI Queensland&nbsp; <br />
Global Research Alliance <br />
Landcare Research<br />
NIWA<br />
PGgRc<br />
Scottish Agricultural College<br />
SLMACC<br />
US Joint Genome Initative 
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