It’s widely known that cattle burps are a major contributor to global warming. The main culprit is methane, a greenhouse gas by-product of the fermentation processes in a bovine’s rumen ...

There could also be a reduction in the amount of feed that the rumen can absorb, meaning cattle might require more food, increasing costs to farmers. The goal of the study is to answer these quest ...

Cattle are ruminants, meaning part of their digestive system (the rumen) is designed to ferment low-nutrition foods like grasses and leaves. It contains an assortment of microbes that help them ...

Beef cattle producers and consulting nutritionists who would like to learn more about feeding beef cattle may attend the Advanced Beef Cattle Nutrition course, hosted by Penn State Extension. The ...

Methane is an immensely challenging problem for the Irish dairy and beef sectors, but science is providing the means – mainly through new feed additives and breeding techniques – to reduce associated ...