Richard Eckard

Using historical weather data and a novel season temperature index to classify winegrape growing zones in Australia

Pangzhen Zhang, Kate Howell, Yaning Li, Lang Li, Jiaojie Wang, Richard Eckard, EWR Barlow

Journal article  |  2023  |  SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

Viticultural production and wine quality are profoundly affected by climate. Characterising winegrape-growing regions based on cli..

Reducing enteric methane of ruminants in Australian grazing systems – a review of the role for temperate legumes and herbs

Warwick Badgery, Guangdi Li, Aaron Simmons, Jennifer Wood, Rowan Smith, David Peck, Lachlan Ingram, Zoey Durmic, Annette Cowie, Alan Humphries, Peter Hutton, Emma Winslow, Phil Vercoe, Richard Eckard

Journal article  |  2023  |  Crop and Pasture Science

Effects of replacing Brachiaria hay with either Desmodium intortum or dairy concentrate on animal performance and enteric methane emissions of low-yielding dairy cows

Daniel Korir, Richard Eckard, John Goopy, Claudia Arndt, Lutz Merbold, Svenja Marquardt

Journal article  |  2022  |  Frontiers in Animal Science

In Africa, cattle are often fed low quality tropical roughages resulting in low-yielding animals with high methane (CH4) emission ..

O111 The enteric methane conversion factor for sheep fed on low quality tropical forage is higher than those in current use

P Mwangi, D Mulat, J Gakige, L Kiprotich, N Saya, D Korir, I Gluecks, S Marquardt, R Eckard, CS Pinares-Patino

Journal article  |  2022  |  Animal - science proceedings

Performance of open-path lasers and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic systems in agriculture emissions research

Mei Bai, Zoe Loh, David WT Griffith, Debra Turner, Richard Eckard, Robert Edis, Owen T Denmead, Glenn W Bryant, Clare Paton-Walsh, Matthew Tonini, Sean M McGinn, Deli Chen

Journal article  |  2022  |  ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

The accumulation of gases into our atmosphere is a growing global concern that requires considerable quantification of the emissio..

Weight gain and enteric methane production of cattle fed on tropical grasses

D Korir, S Marquardt, R Eckard, A Sanchez, U Dickhoefer, L Merbold, K Butterbach-Bahl, C Jones, M Robertson-Dean, J Goopy

Journal article  |  2022  |  Animal Production Science

Context: Planted grasses are becoming an increasingly important feed resource for tropical smallholder ruminant production; yet, l..

Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for pasture-based industries: Australian perspective

Brendan Cullen, Matthew Harrison, Dianne Mayberry, David Cobon, Thomas Davison, Richard Eckard

Journal article  |  2021  |  NZGA: Research and Practice Series

In recent decades Australia has experienced warmer temperatures and, in southern Australia declining rainfall, and climate change ..

Carbon myopia: The urgent need for integrated social, economic and environmental action in the livestock sector

Matthew Tom Harrison, Brendan Richard Cullen, Dianne Elizabeth Mayberry, Annette Louise Cowie, Franco Bilotto, Warwick Brabazon Badgery, Ke Liu, Thomas Davison, Karen Michelle Christie, Albert Muleke, Richard John Eckard

Journal article  |  2021  |  GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Livestock have long been integral to food production systems, often not by choice but by need. While our knowledge of livestock gr..

The Potential of Deep Roots to Mitigate Impacts of Heatwaves and Declining Rainfall on Pastures in Southeast Australia

Rachelle Meyer, Alexandria Sinnett, Ruchika Perera, Brendan Cullen, Bill Malcolm, Richard J Eckard

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLANTS-BASEL

Declines in growing-season rainfall and increases in the frequency of heatwaves in southern Australia necessitate effective adapta..

Ammonia volatilisation from grazed, pasture based dairy farming systems

Andrew P Smith, Karen M Christie, Matthew T Harrison, Richard J Eckard

Journal article  |  2021  |  AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Context: A key pathway for nitrogen (N) loss, which is poorly quantified in livestock farming systems with grazing, is the ammonia..