How Environmentally Friendly Cattle Farms Can also Make Money

Does there have to be a trade off between profits and the environment? A groundbreaking experimental study conducted by JCU scientists has found that there doesn’t have to be one.

Results of this study have shown that environmentally friendly cattle farms can also make money – and have found that there actually are economic benefits to be gained from grazing strategies that maintain land condition and biodiversity, along with sustainable approaches to heavy stocking.

2ser producer Pranav Harish spoke to Professor Lin Schwarzkopf from the College of Science and Engineering at JCU, who was part of this study to discuss this and more.

 

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