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Feeding Cows diet with 2% seaweed can eliminate 2-4 billion tons of CO2 per year

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Methane from cows can be almost completely eliminated by a simple dietary change
Methane from cows can be almost completely eliminated by a simple dietary change
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A 2016 study that claims feeding cows small amounts of seaweed along with their normal diet of grass can reduce methane emissions by up to 99 per cent.

The study, by a team of researchers at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, found in live trials with sheep that recorded methane levels fell between 50 – 70 per cent when they ate a diet including 2 per cent seaweed.

The Australian study was originally based on the experience of a Canadian farmer who realised that his cattle that ate washed up seaweed were healthier and produced “rip roaring heats” with longer mating cycles than those that did not.

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