Scientists find making a seaweed additive more accessible to grazing cattle reduces methane emissions 40% and could make cattle farming more sustainable. Seaweed is once again showing promise for ...

A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that feeding grazing beef cattle a seaweed supplement in pellet form reduced their methane emissions by almost 40% without ...

Grazing cattle also produce more methane than feedlot cattle or dairy cows because they eat more fiber from grass. In the U.S., there are 9 million dairy cows and over 64 million beef cattle .

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 ...

Cost of purchased grains or hay, nutritional value of feedstuffs, the equipment needed to feed, stockpiled forages, the types of cattle being fed. All of these considerations will weigh on determining ...

“Beef cattle spend only about three months in feedlots and spend most of their lives grazing on pasture and producing methane,” senior author Ermias Kebreab, an animal science professor at the ...

Grazing cattle produce more methane due to their high-fiber grass diet compared to feedlot or dairy cows. • The UC Davis study is the first to test seaweed supplements on grazing beef cattle and was ...

Cattle feedlot biosecurity plans vary significantly ... difficult to consider is sound biosecurity practices for large ...

According to a new study, giving grazing beef cattle a seaweed supplement in pellet form reduced methane emissions by almost 40 percent without impacting the animals’ health or weight.

Seaweed supplements can reduce methane emissions from grazing cattle. They say this could make “cattle farming more sustainable.” “Beef cattle spend only about three months in feedlots and ...

While the refuge is known for its emphasis on bird conservation, the birds are also benefiting from an ally not all would first think of—cattle. “We went a few years without a grazing program,” says ...