Richard Eckard

Supplementing the diet of dairy cows with fat or tannin reduces methane yield, and additively when fed in combination

SRO Williams, MC Hannah, RJ Eckard, WJ Wales, PJ Moate

Journal article  |  2020  |  Animal

Addition of fats to the diets of ruminants has long been known to result in a reduction in enteric methane emissions. Tannins have..

Predicting ammonia volatilization from fertilized pastures used for grazing

Andrew P Smith, Ian R Johnson, Graeme Schwenke, Shu Kee Lam, Helen C Suter, Richard J Eckard

Journal article  |  2020  |  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Simulated seasonal responses of grazed dairy pastures to nitrogen fertilizer in SE Australia: N loss and recovery

KM Christie, AP Smith, RP Rawnsley, MT Harrison, RJ Eckard

Journal article  |  2020  |  Agricultural Systems

Review: Fifty years of research on rumen methanogenesis: lessons learned and future challenges for mitigation

KA Beauchemin, EM Ungerfeld, RJ Eckard, M Wang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Animal

Meat and milk from ruminants provide an important source of protein and other nutrients for human consumption. Although ruminants ..

Changing patterns of pasture production in south-eastern Australia from 1960 to 2015

Ruchika S Perera, Brendan R Cullen, Richard J Eckard

Journal article  |  2020  |  Crop and Pasture Science

The seasonal pattern of pasture production and its variability from year to year are important for pasture-based livestock product..

The importance of trust in the development and delivery of a decision support tool to reduce environmental nutrient losses from pasture systems

AR Melland, SM Love, CJP Gourley, AP Smith, RJ Eckard

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  MODSIM 2005 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Incorporating changes in daily rainfall characteristics into future climate scenarios

BR Cullen, RJ Eckard, W Mason, RP Rawnsley

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Using Leaf Temperature to Improve Simulation of Heat and Drought Stresses in a Biophysical Model

Ruchika S Perera, Brendan R Cullen, Richard J Eckard

Journal article  |  2020  |  Plants

Despite evidence that leaf temperatures can differ by several degrees from the air, crop simulation models are generally parameter..

Potential solutions to the major greenhouse-gas issues facing Australasian dairy farming

RJ Eckard, H Clark

Journal article  |  2020  |  Animal Production Science

The Australasian dairy industry is facing the dual challenges of increasing productivity, while also reducing its emissions of the..

Current and future direction of nitrogen fertiliser use in Australian grazing systems

RP Rawnsley, AP Smith, KM Christie, MT Harrison, RJ Eckard

Journal article  |  2019  |  Crop and Pasture Science

The nitrogen (N) nutrition of dairy pasture systems in southern Australia has changed from almost total dependence on legumes in t..