JBS, the world’s second-largest food company and the largest protein sector company, has partnered with Royal DSM, a global, purpose-led company in Health, Nutrition & Bioscience, to implement a development program with the goal of reducing the enteric methane emissions from cattle on a global scale. To achieve this goal, JBS will use Bovaer®, a nutritional supplement developed by DSM to significantly improve the greenhouse gas footprint in the beef production value chain. The agreement was signed at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Bovaer is added to animal feed, with the potential to reduce up to 90% of enteric methane emissions, as proven recently in an Australian beef feedlot study. A quarter of a teaspoon of the additive a day, per animal, inhibits the enzyme that activates the production of methane gas in the stomach of the ruminant. According to DSM, the effect is immediate and, if use is interrupted, the emission of gases is fully resumed.

To achieve this goal on a global level, JBS and DSM defined an end-to-end program to develop, build and test the supplement in JBS' operations. Initially, the nutritional solution will be provided to cattle feedlots. After six months, the tests will be expanded to a second market, which could be Australia or the United States, two of the JBS’s biggest operation worldwide.

The plan includes the development of methodologies to create assessment tools throughout the entire cycle of the JBS chain, with the technical participation of academic and research institutions.

Source: jbs.com.br