Korean Seaweed Meets Australian Beef: Pathways to 90% Methane Reduction

Join us in person for an exciting event exploring how Korean seaweed can team up with Australian beef to slash methane emissions by a whopping 90%! Dive into innovative solutions, meet passionate folks, and discover the future of sustainable farming. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn and connect!

Livestock methane is one of the biggest hidden climate problems in our food system.

​More than $200 million has been invested in Australia into methane-reducing seaweed solutions. And yet, commercial-scale supply still hasn’t properly landed.

​Over the past decade, researchers at CSIRO (Australia’s national science agency) have shown that adding small amounts of the seaweed Asparagopsisto cattle feed can reduce methane emissions by up to 90%.

​That breakthrough, commercialised by FutureFeed, is now supported by a formal national product standard (AS 5404).

​The next challenge is execution:

• ​Quality and consistency
• ​Safety and compliance
• ​Supply chain readiness
• ​On-farm adoption

​The biggest barrier to scaling Asparagopsis is supply issue.

​And this is where South Korea becomes unexpectedly important.

​Korea operates more than 100,000 hectares of established seaweed farms, backed by advanced hatchery systems and generations of coastal farming expertise.

​Our analysis shows that allocating just 7-10% of that capacity could produce enough Asparagopsis to support Australia’s feedlot cattle industry at scale.

​Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of beef and dairy.

​Retailers, food brands and investors are increasingly focused on Scope 3 emissions, meaning livestock methane is now part of global supply chain accountability.

​That’s why methane-reducing feed solutions must prove three things:

• ​They work
• ​They’re safe and compliant
• ​They can operate at commercial scale

​Australia provides one of the most practical environments in the world to test and implement those solutions across real feedlots and farms.

​This session is designed as an open, industry-led discussion on methane reduction pathways in commercial cattle systems.

​We will examine:

• ​Solutions currently in the market
• ​What appears to be working in commercial settings
• ​Operational and performance constraints
• ​Feed efficiency and ration integration considerations
• ​Cost implications and supply reliability
• ​What realistic adoption in Australia would require

​The goal is to have a grounded conversation about market development, and what would need to be true for broader uptake across feedlots and feed manufacturing systems.

​We will also explore how methane mitigation intersects with feed efficiency outcomes and emerging procurement signals from processors and retailers.

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