Delaying harvest of fodder maize results in a higher starch concentration...
Increased dietary starch and rumen by-pass starch may influence the microbial population in the rumen environment, resulting in a reduced enteric emission of methane. Delaying harvest until the crop...
View ArticleGas from farm animals, a factor in climate change
Scientists have long accepted that gas from farm animals is a major factor in climate change, but how do you stop cattle and sheep from doing what comes naturally? That's the question consuming...
View ArticleNew diets for cows, sheep could cut emissions
LONDON (Reuters) – New diets for cows and sheep could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, research funded by the Department for environment, food and rural affairs (Defra) shows. Feeding the...
View ArticleNew diets for cows, sheep could cut emissions: report
LONDON (Reuters Life!) – New diets for cows and sheep could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, research funded by the British government's department for environment, food and rural affairs...
View ArticleFlatulent farm animals would benefit from change in diet, study claims
A change of diet could help flatulent farm animals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, a study said today. Farming has been shown to account for 41 per cent of the UK's overall methane emissions...
View ArticleNew diet for flatulent cows could help tackle climate change
A change of diet could help flatulent farm animals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, a study said today. Government-funded research aimed at helping farmers cut their contribution to climate...
View ArticleDiet may reduce farm flatulence
A change of diet could help flatulent farm animals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, a study has said. Government-funded research aimed at helping farmers cut their contribution to climate change...
View ArticleHow to tackle windy cattle: beefier diet could reduce flatulence and help...
Feeding cows a healthier diet could reduce their flatulence and help prevent global warming, ministers claimed last night. A Government funded study has shown that changing the diet of livestock...
View ArticleGas emissions reduced by changing farm animal diet says study
Research shows how to reduce the amount of methane produced by cows and sheep belching and breaking wind Research found that dairy cows could emit 20% less methane for every litre of milk if fed...
View ArticleUK study looks to serve cows and sheep burp-free fodder
UK scientists have been looking at how changes to the diet of cows and sheep could help reduce the animals' greenhouse gas emissions. The study suggested that certain feedstocks, in proportion to milk...
View ArticleCan Changing Feed Reduce Cattle Methane Emissions?
The UK government has funded research aimed at finding ways for farmers to reduce methane emissions from ruminants by altering their feedstock. When dairy farmers added crushed rapeseed to the...
View ArticleGary Taylor: Belch tax lets farmers off far too lightly
COMMENT It's hard to understand how farmers, who are totally dependent for their livelihoods on an equable climate, could be so hostile to Government action on climate change. They have more to lose...
View ArticleBizarre feed supplement could cut greenhouse emissions by gassy cows
Washington, Sep 8 (ANI): An unusual feed supplement could soon put an end to cow belches, a major source of greenhouse gases. A Penn State dairy scientist conducted a series of laboratory experiments...
View ArticleAustralians try to stop sheep burping to reduce methane emissions
London: Reports indicate that Australian scientists are trying to breed a sheep that belches less, as they look for ways to reduce harmful methane emissions from the country's flocks. According to a...
View ArticleSpecial feed halves methane production
--> It is not garlic but nitrate and sulphate that reduces methane production in the stomachs of cows and sheep. If their feed contains a small percentage of these substances the amount of this...
View ArticleScientists get wind of 'green cow' methane research
THE wind of change may soon be blowing through dairy farms all over the world. Scientists in New Zealand are trying to develop "green cows" which produce less methane gas and help reduce their...
View ArticleNew Zealand ruminates over animal emissions
WELLINGTON - While the world attempts to choke greenhouse gases spewing from exhaust pipes and smokestacks, an even more earthly battle is underway in New Zealand -- how to tame cattle and sheep guts....
View ArticleMove to cut methane emissions by changing cows' diet
More digestible feedstuff reduces production of gas · Farmers could switch to different grass varieties Burping cows and sheep are being targeted by UK scientists to help bring down Britain's soaring...
View ArticleCattle in poor countries produce more earth-warming gases
JOHANNESBURG, 16 December 2013 (IRIN) - Cattle bred for meat and dairy in some poor countries can emit 100 times more earth-warming carbon dioxide than those in rich countries for each kilogramme of...
View ArticleScientists lead major oats study
Scientists at Aberystwyth are leading a multi-million pound study to develop improved varieties of oats. The project could provide economic and environmental benefits for growers, millers, and the...
View ArticleSilencing the Lambs: Scientists Target Sheep Belching to Cut Methane
By PATRICK BARTA PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand -- On a typical day, researchers in this college town coax hungry sheep into metal carts. They wheel the fluffy beasts into sealed chambers and feed them...
View ArticlePotent methane is an overlooked greenhouse gas
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By David Fogarty BANGKOK, April 30 (Reuters) Across the globe, chickens and pigs are doing their bit to curb global warming. But cows and sheep still have some...
View ArticleCattle burping can lead to global warming
6 Oct 2008, 0541 hrs IST, Rahul Mangaonkar,TNN Text: AHMEDABAD: That cattle herd sitting in the middle of the road, contently chewing away as you honk, is not just traffic nuisance. Research has...
View ArticleThe heat is on for greenhouse gas methane -
By David Fogarty 2 hours, 32 minutes ago BANGKOK (Reuters) - Across the globe, chickens and pigs are doing their bit to curb global warming. But cows and sheep still have some catching up to do. The...
View ArticleNew fodder for cows to combat climate change
LONDON: The burping of cows is to go green in Britain as part of the environmental exercise to reduce carbon emissions. The cow releases more carbon gases from its mouth than from its rear, animal...
View ArticleTackling UK's gassy cows problem
As she stares at me she is constantly chewing... and burping. She could be producing as much as 500 litres of methane per day. There are more than two million more like her across the UK. They are the...
View ArticleChange in cows' diet may cut methane emissions
Burping cows and sheep are being targeted by UK scientists to help bring down Britain's soaring levels of greenhouse gas pollution. Experts at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in...
View ArticleDenis Hocking: Carbon sinks offset methane emission
COMMENT There are many urban observers puzzled and bemused by the vehemence with which rural New Zealand has responded to the proposed methane tax. Do farmers really have a case against the proposed...
View ArticleKyoto 'Flatulence Tax' Plan Causes Turbulence in New Zealand
Patrick Goodenough Pacific Rim Bureau Chief Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - New Zealand farmers are making a stink about government proposals that they pay a levy on the flatulence released by...
View ArticleScientists discover low-methane sheep
Scientists have proven not all sheep are created equal, at least when it comes to belching greenhouse gases. Researchers working for a Government partnership with the farming industry have discovered...
View ArticleWind of change on farms as cows help to save the Earth
Hundreds of cattle in Britain are being fed a new diet to reduce their burping and cut emissions of greenhouse gas. Chopped straw and hay are the vital ingredients to settle a cow's stomach and reduce...
View ArticlePlants beat sheep in burping methane
13.01.06 By Juliet Rowan New research that identifies plants as a source of the greenhouse gas methane is startling and could have implications for the Kyoto Protocol, says a leading scientist. The...
View ArticleKiller cow emissions
It's a silent but deadly source of greenhouse gases that contributes more to global warming than the entire world transportation sector, yet politicians almost never discuss it, and environmental...
View ArticleRumblings over flatulence tax
4:17pm Canterbury farmers are incensed that they will have to pay a belching and flatulence tax on top of money they already dedicate to curbing greenhouse gas emissions from their animals. Farmers...
View ArticleGarlic 'may cut cow flatulence'
Scientists in Wales tackling the impact flatulent cows and sheep have on global warming may have an answer - putting garlic in their food. Experts claim cows are responsible for about 3% of Britain's...
View ArticleGE clover could cut livestock methane by 10 per cent
11:09 PM Tuesday Jun 15, 2010 Share Email Print Agricultural scientists say a genetically engineered clover may be able to reduce the methane emissions from livestock such as cows and sheep by 10 per...
View ArticleNew Zealand Farmers Threaten Rebellion Over 'Flatulence Tax'
Patrick Goodenough Pacific Rim Bureau Chief Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Controversial plans by New Zealand's government to charge a tax on flatulence released by livestock have run into...
View ArticleNZ flatulence tax outages farmers
The countryside too can produce greenhouse gases New Zealand's farmers have criticised a proposed tax on the flatulence emitted by their sheep and cattle. The move is part of the Wellington...
View ArticleNZ flatulence tax outrages farmers
The countryside too can produce greenhouse gases New Zealand's farmers have criticised a proposed tax on the flatulence emitted by their sheep and cattle. The move is part of the Wellington...
View ArticleCows bigger emitters than 4WDs
THEY have become the fashionable target for environmentalists, but four-wheel-drive vehicles may be less damaging to the environment than the cows and sheep essential to the rural economy. The methane...
View ArticleHow to stop cows burping is the new field work on climate change
They have become the fashionable target for environmentalists, but four-wheel-drive vehicles may be less damaging to the environment than the cows and sheep essential to the rural economy. The methane...
View ArticleGreen and pleasant land is new battlefield in climate change war
They have become the fashionable target for environmentalists, but four-wheel-drive vehicles may be less damaging to the environment than the cows and sheep essential to the rural economy. The methane...
View ArticlePastures show way to cut gas
Agricultural scientists say pasture trials being carried out at Palmerston North may offer farmers, and the Government, a way to lower methane emissions from livestock. The Government last week...
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