Feeding cows red seaweed triggers a microbial shift that sharply reduces methane emissions, revealing a promising gut-level ...

Each year, a single cow can belch about 200 pounds of methane. The powerful greenhouse gas is 27 times more potent at ...

Kelp has long been used to keep cows healthy but it may also help reduce emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. A cow sticks her nose into a tub of kelp additive at Larson family dairy near Ottertail ...

With the big concern today (whether valid or not) and the movement to reduce methane gas production and other greenhouse gases as a way to combat so-called climate change, a lot of attention has been ...

In other words, every cow is burning the equivalent of 4 lbs of corn per day just to deal with mud, rather than using that energy to maintain body condition, support pregnancy, or rebreed. That’s a ...

Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals ...

On a typical ranch, workers move the herd to a different part of a property every few days so the animals can have fresh grass and avoid manure pileup. Solar panels can operate with normal tracking ...

K-State beef cattle experts offer new insights highlighting the tradeoffs between grazing larger versus smaller cows.