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.

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 ...

Seaweed is once again showing promise for making cattle farming more sustainable. A new study by researchers at the UC Davis found that feeding grazing beef cattle a seaweed supplement in pellet form ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Leluo Guan peers inside a cow’s stomach, she sees more than microbes – she sees an opportunity to cut methane emissions from cattle and improve profits for beef and dairy farmers. Cattle are ...

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 the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Government plans to roll out mass vaccination of livestock. [File, Standard] Mass ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres ...

Mass vaccination of livestock is not new in Kenya. It has been happening, both nationally and in the regions, to curb the spread of deadly diseases, including anthrax, East Coast Fever, Rinderpest, ...

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 ...