<h3>Upcoming webinars</h3>
<p><img title="State of Science - breeding webinar graphic" src="user/image/large/741/State of Science_breeding webinar_graphic.jpg" alt="State of Science - breeding webinar graphic" data-href="" /><br /><strong>Presenters: </strong>Dr Lorna McNaughton (LIC) and Dr Suzanne Rowe (AgResearch)</p>
<p><strong>Chair: </strong>Dr Jeremy Hill, Chief Science and Technology Officer, Fonterra (and member of the NZAGRC Governance Group)</p>
<p>In a major step forward, New Zealand breeders can now measure and rank their sheep based on their methane emissions, thanks to a decade of research funded by the NZAGRC and the Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium. Our sheep breeding programme is unique and New Zealand scientists are now turning their sights to achieving similar results in cattle.</p>
<p>Lorna McNaughton from LIC (Livestock Improvement Corporation) and Suzanne Rowe from AgResearch will discuss their work to develop a breeding programme for low-emitting dairy cattle. Lorna will talk about the development of a new programme to measure methane in young bulls at LIC and CRV &ndash; animals that will parent the next generation of dairy cattle in New Zealand. Suzanne will talk about transferring technology developed for sheep to help overcome the challenges involved with measuring methane and genetic variation in large numbers of animals.</p>
<p>During the webinar, participants will have the opportunity to ask the presenters questions using Zoom&rsquo;s chat function. Lorna and Suzanne will use the final 15 minutes of the session to answer as many questions as possible. The Chair will select and ask questions on participants&rsquo; behalf.</p>
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<h3>Past webinars</h3>
<p><img title="State of Science 1" src="user/image/large/738/State of Science 1.jpg" alt="State of Science 1" data-href="" /></p>
<p><strong>Presenters:</strong> Dr Mike Beare and Dr Sam McNally, Plant &amp; Food Research</p>
<p><strong>Chair:</strong> Dr Sinead Leahy, NZAGRC Deputy Director (Domestic)</p>
<p>In this webinar, Dr Mike Beare and Dr Sam McNally from Plant &amp; Food Research discuss their work to verify the soil carbon stabilisation capacity achievable in a range of New Zealand grassland soils. They explain how they have applied knowledge of the factors that regulate soil carbon stabilisation to produce a first-generation farm-scale map showing the soil carbon sequestration potential and vulnerability to soil carbon loss on one New Zealand farm.</p>
<p>Download the PowerPoint presentation that accompanied this webinar:<br /><br /><span class="mix_file"><a title="Soil carbon stabilisation capacity of NZ grassland soils" href="user/file/2295/Soil%20carbon%20stabilisation%20capacity%20of%20NZ%20grassland%20soils.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" /> Soil carbon stabilisation capacity of NZ...</a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">(2.10MB)</span></span></p>
<p>Download a summary of questions and answers from the webinar:</p>
<p><span class="mix_file"><a title="Soil carbon stablisation webinar Q&amp;A" href="user/file/2298/Soil%20carbon%20stabilisation%20webinar%20Q%26A.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" /> Soil carbon stablisation webinar Q&amp;A</a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">(0.25MB)</span></span></p>
<p>View a video of the full webinar:<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DnquQxYNE54" width="500" height="413"></iframe></p>
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