Feeding Seaweed lowers cows methane 82%

[jltrent]

This could be the cure to stop the cows from polluting.

Seaweed-Fed Cows Burp Less Planet-Warming Methane

Researchers report an 82 percent reduction in methane emissions in cows fed 1.5 to 3 ounces of seaweed a day for 21 weeks

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[sstterry]

Now, if I only had an ocean near me.......

 

[redcowsrule33]

I would like to see numbers that take into account the emissions from harvest and transport not to mention the impact it would have on ocean biomes removing that large mass of seaweed from the environment.

 

[HDRider]

 

[Dave]

Those cows in Alaska who survive the winter eating seaweed on the beach are saving the world.

 

[Ouachita]

It doesn't work for me. Wife has tried everything, and has given up.

She finally subscribed to "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em".

Now I get the Dutch oven treatment.

 

[jltrent]

Time to invest in seaweed companies.

 

[sim.-ang.king]

This could be the cure to stop the cows from polluting.

Seaweed-Fed Cows Burp Less Planet-Warming Methane

Researchers report an 82 percent reduction in methane emissions in cows fed 1.5 to 3 ounces of seaweed a day for 21 weeks

www.smithsonianmag.com

Sure doesn't help the ocean, the largest producer of methane.

 

[greybeard]

Whale farts....and decaying whale poop.

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Whale farts....and decaying whale poop.

So the Japanese whalers are helping the environment?

 

[greybeard]

perhaps.

How many blubber fed Japanese and their whale meat induced farts does it take to equal 1 whale fart?

 

[wbvs58]

Aspargopsis will be introduced to Australian feedlots very soon CSIRO, Australia's gov funded research organisation has done much of the work on it. It is also found to increase the feed efficiency. The majority of Australian beef is exported around the globe and certain markets like Europe are very sensitive to the environmental credentials of the product it buys. Animal Welfare is also a"biggie" with some of these markets and things like pain relief for husbandry procedures like castration and dehorning both during and after is being adopted by some very big players.

Ken

 

[TexasBred]

Sea kelp is already harvested and feed manufactures using it in select feeds such as dairy rations and horse rations. TASCO is one such product.

 

[kenny thomas]

I have a friend using it as his mineral for grass fed beef

 

[greybeard]

Sea kelp is already harvested and feed manufactures using it in select feeds such as dairy rations and horse rations. TASCO is one such product.

Are they cutting it live at sea or is it being picked up off the beach when it is brought in by the tides? I know some years, the Texas beaches are simply covered with it (sargassum) and you can't get beyond knee deep in the water because it's so thick and you can forget about surf fishing. The beaches stink to high heaven too..





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[Son of Butch]

Won't the Sea Horses starve if ya go and feed it to the cows?

 

[greybeard]

Won't the Sea Horses starve if ya go and feed it to the cows?

They are going to die anyway.
Underbite.

 

[Mrcopier]

Like I said it another post. You can learn anything here

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Sea kelp is already harvested and feed manufactures using it in select feeds such as dairy rations and horse rations. TASCO is one such product.

Isn't being used for an organic iodine source?

 

[rnh2]

I would like to see numbers that take into account the emissions from harvest and transport not to mention the impact it would have on ocean biomes removing that large mass of seaweed from the environment.

yep