Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it’s responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas ...

Previous studies have shown that adding red seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis) to beef cattle rations could reduce methane – a potent greenhouse gas – produced by the animals by up to 90%. But those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A single cow raised for meat produces between 154 and 264 pounds of methane per year, according to the U.S. Environmental ...

UC ANR scientists are at Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center studying how seaweed additives could be incorporated into cattle grazing systems to reduce methane production.

In case you haven't heard, the methane in cow burps is a major source of greenhouse gases. There may be a new way of addressing that problem, however, as a recent study shows that feeding cows clay ...

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy that could have gone toward growth, milk or a calf. That simple truth is ...

Methane from livestock is driving rapid warming, but proven tools—from productivity gains to feed additives, silvopasture, genetics and vaccines—offer major reduction potential.

Methane is a major contributor to global heating, and cows produce a lot of it. There may, however, be a way to reduce all that gas: seaweed. On a research farm at the University of New Hampshire, ...

For farmers, the bottom line is clear: methane-reduction tools must fit commercial farming conditions. Mitigation options must support cow health, protect milk quality, and maintain profitability.

Oregon State University researchers want to find a way to make your hamburger less bad for the planet by feeding cows in the pasture an unlikely food that’s not grown on land — seaweed. From feed ...

With the big concern today (whether valid or not) and the movement to reduce methane gas production and other greenhouse gases as a way to combat so-called climate change, a lot of attention has been ...

Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of soybean vastly outnumber its 400,000 head of cattle, cows raised for beef and ...