Cows fed seaweed pellets at Matador Ranch in Dillon, Montana. Paulo de Méo Filho / UC Davis Grazing cattle given a seaweed supplement produced close to 40 percent less methane than those fed grass ...

Cows will be fed special beans in a government-funded trial to stop them burping so much methane. Cattle are major greenhouse ...

Seaweed is once again showing promise for making cattle farming more sustainable. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that feeding grazing beef cattle a seaweed ...

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 is a greenhouse gas (GHG) that is approximately 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. The livestock sector is the largest contributor to global methane emissions, ...

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 ...

Cow flatulence can warm the planet, emitting a harmful methane gas that stays in the atmosphere and traps heat from the sun. But UC Davis researchers have a partial solution. The UC Davis study shows ...

New phenotyping system integrates with Vytelle SENSE feed intake nodes so cattle producers can measure enteric emissions ...

The United States and European Union have pledged another way to tackle climate change, and it could have a direct impact on agriculture. The pledge is to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% by ...

FREEPORT, Maine—In the cold dark of 5 a.m., Kyle Moellar, an apprentice at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, ushers a herd of cows into the milking parlor. Each waits patiently ...

Every 10 seconds, human activity emits over 4,000 metric tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. While carbon dioxide (CO₂) remains the most abundant of these gases, methane (CH₄) is ...