Milk Brands Face Backlash Over Additives in Cow Feed
Arla Foods has announced some of its farmers will be trialing adding a new ingredient to the feed for their dairy cows which is meant to reduce the amount of methane the livestock produce in their burps. It does this by stopping an enzyme in the cows’ stomach that is responsible for producing methane, it is […]
Nestlé Health Science teams with Royal Dairy farm to emissio
Nestlé Health Science is collaborating with Royal Dairy farm in Washington state to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through climate smart farming practices. Together, Royal Dairy and Nestlé Health Science are aligned on four key areas of environmentally-focused innovation: cow feed, manure management, renewable energy, and regenerative agriculture, to show how dairy milk can be a sustainable source of […]
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 […]