Methane Mitigation R&D
- Move faster: Test rations, additives, vaccines, and management changes in real-farm conditions and get results in days, not weeks.
- Lower overheads: Collect reliable data without dedicated facilities or intensive on-site supervision.
- Track fluctuations: Get up to four emission readings per day and monitor short-term treatment-induced fluctuations.
Methane Mitigation MRV
- Real-world verification: Verify mitigation efforts in real-world conditions, with minimal-to-no disruption to typical animal behavior.
- Strengthen VERs: Reduce bias and uncertainty to support robust VERs, carbon market access, and carbon financing.
- Simplify reporting: Export individual and group data for further analysis and reporting.
Scope 3 Reporting & National Inventories
- Simply emissions reporting: Get farm-specific methane data and share easily with supply-chain partners and advisors.
- Improve emission factors: Measure emissions from large herds quickly and improve local emission factors.
- Inform incentives and regulation: Build programmes grounded in accessible field data.
Genetics & Phenotyping
- Measure at scale: Phenotype large cohorts quickly and cost-effectively in real‑world conditions.
- Link emissions and productivity: Combine methane with DMI data to identify the most efficient animals.
- Accelerate progress: Build breeding programs that support lower-emission market demand.
On-farm value creation
- Turn progress into a business asset: Use emissions data to show progress and strengthen your position with processors, retailers and lenders.
- Optimise feed and herd management: Track the impact of feed and management changes and ensure you’re maximising your investments.
- Elevate breeding decisions: Add methane performance alongside existing traits to make more informed replacement, breeding, and culling decisions.
Looking to conduct a national inventory?
For large-scale projects, ZELP can design and run the study end-to-end – so your team gets quick results with less upfront investment and operational burden.
Talk to our team
For large-scale projects, ZELP can design and run the study end-to-end – so your team gets quick results with less upfront investment and operational burden.
Talk to our team
Got a novel application for ZELP Sense?
Our team of engineers, scientists and veterans would be happy to discuss/help meet your needs.
Talk to our team
Our team of engineers, scientists and veterans would be happy to discuss/help meet your needs.
Talk to our team
Hear from our users
“ZELP Sense can help me get data that I can make breeding decisions on. Methane is a reasonably good proxy for efficiency – if my cows are emitting as little methane as possible, I’m maximising the energy transfer from the feed substances that I grow, make and buy.
Ben, Farmer & Veterinarian Consultant at ZELP
Newport, UK
(Beef / Mixed)
Ben, Farmer & Veterinarian Consultant at ZELP
Newport, UK
(Beef / Mixed)
“Methane measurement is essential for accurate and pragmatic policy decisions. We need to understand the problem space before we can develop informed solutions. After running a trial with prototype devices, we believe ZELP Sense’s potential for in-field grazing application is an exciting prospect.”
Matt Smallwood
Livestock and Research Technician, Rothamsted Research
Stabilisers, Housed
Matt Smallwood
Livestock and Research Technician, Rothamsted Research
Stabilisers, Housed
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Initial evaluation trials indicate ZELP Sense can produce CH₄ and CO₂ emissions estimates that are comparable to those produced by existing accepted approaches, with additional trial results and publications to follow. DMI estimates are currently in beta and users will be updated once this feature is fully released.