Cows Can Help Reduce Global Warming
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Cows that burp less seen helping in climate fight : Manners aside, getting cows to burp less can help reduce global warming. Using modern plant-breeding methods to find new diets for cows that make them belch less is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The solution is to make foods that are easier for cattle to digest and also provide a proper balance of fiber, protein and sugar. Scientists are now starting to explore the approach of introducing legumes that easier to digest and thus make the cattles to emit less methane gas. In the meantime, farmers will have to balance legume intake by cows with other food, and work on developing various new species of grass that are also more digestible.
Most of us think methane gets into the atmosphere thought the rear end. But the truth is that methane actually get to the atmosphere through belching.On average, dairy cow belches between 100 to 200 liters of methane every day.
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