Seaweed is once again showing promise for making cattle farming more sustainable. A new study by researchers at the UC Davis found that feeding grazing beef cattle a seaweed supplement in pellet form ...

Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of soybean vastly outnumber its 400,000 head of cattle, cows raised for beef and ...

Cattle graze on grass at the Tuckahoe Plantation, in the Goochland County, Virginia, area. (USDA photo) Researchers are taking a closer look at whether a seaweed feed additive known for sharply ...

In the battle against climate change, a startup company is using a new technology to mass-produce seaweed that can help ...

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy that could have gone toward growth, milk or a calf. That simple truth is ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

From cow burps to cow manure, it’s stirred up an ongoing debate: just how much methane do cattle emit, and can it be reduced? As global dairy companies set a new goal to trace and reduce emissions, ...

When Leluo Guan peers inside a cow's stomach, she sees more than microbes—she sees an opportunity to cut methane emissions from cattle and improve profits for beef and dairy farmers. Cattle are ...

FREEPORT, Maine—In the cold dark of 5 a.m., Kyle Moellar, an apprentice at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, ushers a herd of cows into the milking parlor. Each waits patiently ...

Cow flatulence can warm the planet, emitting a harmful methane gas that stays in the atmosphere and traps heat from the sun. But UC Davis researchers have a partial solution. The UC Davis study shows ...

In dairy production, rising temperatures reduce feed availability, stress animals, and create favourable conditions for diseases. [File, Standard] One thing that's increasingly evident is that the ...

When Leluo Guan peers inside a cow’s stomach, she sees more than microbes – she sees an opportunity to cut methane emissions from cattle and improve profits for beef and dairy farmers. Cattle are ...