Anthony, Steven G.Cardenas, Laura C.Gilhespy, Sarah L.Sandars, Daniel L.Chadwick, David R.2025-06-042025-06-042025-06-01Anthony SG, Cardenas LC, Gilhespy SL, et al., (2025) Comment on ‘Estimating methane emissions from manure: a suitable case for treatment?’. Environmental Research: Food Systems, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2025, Article number 0280022976-601Xhttps://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601x/add1e1https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23972Ward et al (2024 Environ. Res. 1 025003) recently published a paper in this journal (Ward et al 2024 Environ. Res. 1 025003) asserting that methane emissions from manure management in the United Kingdom Inventory of Greenhouse Gas emissions could be under-estimated by a factor of four to five. This was based on extrapolation of measurements from two farms located in the south-west of England where manure management is purposely set-up to encourage methane release and capture, for use as a fuel source. We argue that methane thus extracted cannot be compared with the quantities emitted to the atmosphere on a typical farm which is what the national Inventory seeks to estimate, and show that existing Inventory calculations are consistent with wider literature and typical management practices in the United Kingdom.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/3002 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management30 Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences41 Environmental Sciences13 Climate ActionmethanemanureinventoryunderestimatecorrectionArticle2976-601X67335622