Items Tagged with 'methane'

Recent research at University of California, Davis, shows that feeding cows red seaweed can dramatically cut the amount of methane that is produced and released into the environment.

Global Methane Genetics initiative aims to make methane efficiency a global breeding standard.

UC Davis trial verifies methane reductions seen in Rumin8 studies conducted in Australia, New Zealand and Brazil.

Feeding grazing beef cattle a seaweed supplement in pellet form reduced their methane emissions by almost 40% without affecting animals' health or weight. 

The Brazilian approval follows the provisional regulatory authorization in New Zealand in late July 2024.

New framework is based on changes to Smithfield's operational footprint, improved data collection and reporting capabilities, as well as changes to the company's GHG calculation methodology.