Are cows killing the planet? The World Resource Institute in 2022 estimated that 'livestock and manure' account for 6% of global emissions. They do make a significant contribution, a contribution that we must work to reduce, but livestock agriculture alone is not ‘killing the planet’. Each farm business will have a different pathway to reducing methane emissions but there will always be something that can be improved. The agricultural industry does not benefit by countering the claims that ‘cows are killing the planet’ with other spurious claims around methane and ultimately climate change denial.