There is no evidence that the active ingredient in Bovaer, an emissions-reducing additive fed to cows, is present in dairy products that are eventually consumed by humans, contrary to suggestion ...

Companies want to promote their green credentials, but doing so can sometimes come at an unexpected cost.

Some UK social media users have been pouring milk down their sinks and toilets in protest at the trial of a new feed additive that claims to significantly reduce the emission of methane gas in ...

With an electric current and hydrogen peroxide, researchers at Penn State have developed a more efficient way to extract ...

And technologies may need to be combined–for example, feed additives and vaccines–as well as integrated with manure management and other ways to reduce climate emissions in livestock operations.

Cattle are ruminants: their stomachs allow them to digest fiber-rich foods like grass and hay. This produces methane, expelled as gas when cattle belch. Every year, a single cow will belch around 220 ...