A new flaxseed and pea protein supplement may cut dairy cow methane emissions and boost milk production efficiency.

Some 18,000 cows were killed in a blast at a Texas dairy farm earlier this week, possibly by ignited methane gas, according to local authorities. The explosion, at South Fork Dairy near the town ...

The researchers added the flaxseed and pea protein supplement to the dairy cattle’s rumen in a lab and measured how ...

As the world races to curb climate change, scientists are taking aim at cows, a surprisingly potent source of greenhouse ...

Well, not exactly, but, earlier this month (April 10), an industrial-scale dairy farm in Texas had a barn explosion that killed 18,000 cows. Cows belch methane as they digest their fodder and ...

An explosion ... ignited methane gas present in the facility. The Texas Tribune reports that the state authorized South Fork Dairy Farm to “more than double” the number of cows permitted ...

Now a company in Sweden has developed a novel and environmentally sustainable -- if somewhat gruesome -- method of actually obtaining methane: boiling cow intestines. The digestive tracts of all ...

In this week's Current Climate newsletter, reducing methane emissions by breeding less gassy cows; Tesla Cybertruck sales ...

The energy is derived from methane gas produced by the manure of the 800-plus dairy cows that inhabit Haubenschild Farms located near Princeton. Richard Huelskamp, a scientist with the University’s ...

Around 20% of the world’s methane emissions are produced by animals like cows and sheep. Kangaroos have a foregut that is quite similar to a cow’s rumen, the primary fermentation chamber where ...

The dairy cow is part of farmer Gerold Mohr’s herd. When she’s given concentrated feed, scientists measure how much methane the cow produces later.