Ample Awarded $300K CAD, Advances to Stage 1B of Canada’s AMRC
Ample Agriculture announced that it has been selected for Stage 1B of the Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge (AMRC), an initiative funded through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and in partnership with Impact Canada, an initiative of the Privy Council Office. The award includes funding of $300,000 CAD for Stage 1B, on top of the $153,000 CAD awarded in Stage 1A, and the opportunity to compete for up to $1.5 million CAD in future stages of the challenge.
The AMRC supports the development of innovative, scalable, and economically viable solutions to reduce methane emissions from the cattle sector while supporting productive and efficient livestock systems in Canada and abroad.
Ample Agriculture will use funding from Stage 1B to advance in vitro and in vivo evaluations of its feed additive for cattle. The company’s lead program is designed to support more efficient digestion with lower methane output, allowing animals to capture energy that would otherwise be lost to methane production.
“We are proud to continue working with the AMRC as we advance our feed additive program,” said Mark Smith, PhD, CEO of Ample Agriculture. “This support helps accelerate development of practical solutions designed to fit within existing feeding systems while improving productivity and reducing methane emissions.”
The Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge brings together innovators developing new approaches to methane reduction in livestock agriculture. Ample Agriculture was previously selected as a semi-finalist in Stage 1A of the challenge.
To learn more about the Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge, please visit impact.canada.ca/en/challenges/methanechallenge.
About Ample Agriculture
Ample Agriculture is developing next-generation feed additives for cattle and other ruminants that support more efficient digestion with lower methane output. By improving ruminant productivity and reducing energy loss to methane production, Ample’s approach delivers practical, cost-effective, and scalable solutions for dairy and beef producers.
