Seaweed against climate change
Irish farmers hope so and have welcomed the opportunity to investigate 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 percent.
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 percent when they ate a diet including 2 percent seaweed – the independent.co.uk wrote. (agrarszektor.hu)
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