[OKC] From Reuters: New diets for cows, sheep could cut emissions

[Miles, Karen]

New diets for cows, sheep could cut emissions

 
LONDON(Reuters) - New diets for cows and sheep could reduce their
greenhouse gas emissions, research funded by the Department For
Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) shows.
Feeding the animals maize silage, naked oats and higher sugar grasses
could reduce the amount of methane they produce, the study by Reading
University and the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural
Sciences showed.
Agriculture accounts for around nine per cent of all British greenhouse
gas emissions. Most of this comes from sheep, cows and goats.
Farming accounts for 41 per cent of Britain's overall methane emissions,
which are harmful to the environment.
Article continues at: 
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/04/us-cows-emissions-idUSTRE7333Y
I20110404?feedType=nl&feedName=usoddlyenough
 
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