University of Florida researchers are testing a new type of cattle feed that could help dairy cows release less methane gas from burps and flatulence and use nutrients more efficiently. Because ...

Scientists at the University of Florida (UF) are making strides in sustainable agriculture with the development of a novel cattle feed supplement that could significantly reduce methane emissions from ...

Concern has been rising over the use of a feed supplement, Bovaer 10, to reduce methane production in cows. Bovaer 10 consists of silicon dioxide (basically sand), propylene glycol (a food stabilizer) ...

In the process of digesting forage and other feed, microbes in the cow’s rumen convert the carbon in those feedstuffs to methane, which is then released into the atmosphere. But he notes that methane ...

Oklahoma State University multidisciplinary scientists are teaming up to research how cover crops can improve the ...

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Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and cows are a major source of it. A group of scientists is developing a proof of concept for a vaccine that would curb methane emissions in cattle.

Methane from cows is a waste byproduct arising from the fermentation activity of certain kinds of microbes, called methanogens, in the first of the animal’s four stomach chambers, the rumen. Another ...

With all the hubbub over dairy cows’ contribution to greenhouse gases, one fact is often forgotten. Today’s U.S. dairy herd emits 30% less methane while producing twice as much milk with 57% fewer ...