This story appears in the December 2025 issue of Forbes Asia. Subscribe to Forbes Asia New Zealand unicorn Halter, founded by Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia alum Craig Piggott, is one of the fastest-growing ...

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand — More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in New Zealand to be fed Kowbucha, a punnily named probiotic that studies show reduces burps -- or methane emissions.

Federated Farmers, the industry's main lobby group, said the plan would “rip the guts out of small-town New Zealand” and see farms replaced with trees. Dairy cows graze on a farm near Oxford, in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government of New Zealand has proposed a novel way of fighting climate change: charging farmers for the burps, farts and waste ...

STORY: How can we reduce the amount of methane in cows’ burps? Feed them probiotics – according to researchers in New Zealand. These cows at Massey University farm in Palmerston North are enjoying ...

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand (AP) — How do you stop a cow from burping? It might sound like the start of a humorous riddle, but it's the subject of a huge scientific inquiry in New Zealand. And the ...

Farmers across New Zealand took to the streets on their tractors Thursday to protest government plans to tax cow burps and other greenhouse gas emissions, although the rallies were smaller than many ...

A decision that produced a family of five and a career managing an 800-cow farm and then owning a 400-cow farm in Rangiotu, North Island, New Zealand. As Robert Ervine explained during a Christmas ...

New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The government said the farm levy ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Farmers across New Zealand took to the streets on their tractors Thursday to protest government plans to tax cow burps and other greenhouse gas emissions, although the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The ...