The cow’s amazing ability to sustain itself by eating nothing but grass is one of the marvels of nature, but it comes at a cost. As grass ferments in the rumen — one of four compartments in the animal ...
Seaweed is a versatile food that provides key minerals like iodine, magnesium and calcium. Adding seaweed extract to cattle feed could help reduce their methane emissions. Seaweed can also be turned ...
Vermont-based ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's launched a pilot to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at dairy farms by getting cows to stop burping and farting. Getty Images The Vermont-based ice cream ...
A Jersey cow feeds in a field on the Francis Thicke organic dairy farm in Fairfield, Iowa, May 8, 2018. Let’s clear the air about cow farts. In the climate-change debate, some policy makers seem to be ...
A British genetics firm plans to create less-gassy cows — meaning fewer climate-heating emissions. Genus Plc’s breeding program is intended to create “envirocows” with less-gaseous digestive systems, ...
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