The company has been awarded $10 million to construct a facility that will produce RNG exclusively from livestock manure.

David Combs explains the importance of the digestibility of foraged plants for cattle. David Combs, Professor, Department of Dairy Science, UW-Madison, explains the importance of the fiber ...

Researchers have found that most biochar fed to dairy cows survives the digestive process and remains highly stable, meaning it could be applied to fields through manure and act as a long-term carbon ...

A calf’s digestive system is shaped by more than time. Diet, milk intake and early environmental exposure all influence rumen development. On a recent episode of the Kansas State University Beef ...

Adding seaweed to cattle feed may significantly reduce methane emissions from dairy cows Method could help dairy farmers meet new state methane-emissions standards The UC Davis project is first in the ...

Cow gastrointestinal methane emissions are surprisingly important as a greenhouse gas. Blue Ocean Barns looks to reverse that by adding a seaweed feed supplement that reduces the methane content by ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The world’s population is growing, and so is the challenge of feeding everyone. Current ...

Chemicals—from antibiotics used to keep livestock healthy to pesticides that shield crops from insects and other pests—play an important role in modern agriculture. However, many of these substances ...