How analyzing cow burps could help reduce dairy emissions
In a building on the edge of Cornell University’s campus in Ithaca, two large cows stand inside what looks like a giant metal box with windows and heavy, stainless steel doors. While the cows go on with their lives — eating, sleeping, burping — the machine, called a respiration chamber, measures the exact amount of […]
COP28 summit: Cow burps, food waste in focus on agriculture day
Climate advocacy groups are pressuring world governments gathered at this year’s United Nation’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai to commit to cutting global food sector emissions, as the conference host promises to put agriculture in the spotlight. Global food systems– including farming and land use, livestock production, household food consumption and waste, and energy used in the […]
Feed experiment aims to reduce impact of dairy cow burps
A pivotal experiment to address the impact of livestock on climate change is taking place in our backyard, as a farm in the North Bay gets closer to becoming carbon neutral. Scientists and farmers are working together to reduce the harmful gasses cows produce. When cows munch for lunch, the amount of methane emitted – primarily […]
Cow burps to be taxed under ‘world first’ proposals by New Zealand
“New Zealand’s farmers are set to be the first in the world to reduce agricultural emissions” – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. New Zealand has proposed a tax on burping and peeing farm animals in a bid to combat climate change. A world first, the farm levy could support the country’s pledge to reduce […]