Tagged: cows

Cows in Antarctica? How one expedition milked them for all their worth - Guest Work

Guest Author • Aug 14, 2017 •

• agriculture,
• Antarctica,
• cows,
• dairy

By Hanne E.F. Nielsen, University of Tasmania and Elizabeth Leane, University of Tasmania Domestic animals are rarely associated with Antarctica. However, before non-native species (bar humans) were excluded from the continent in the 1990s, many travelled to the far south. These animals included not only the obvious sledge dogs, but also ponies, sheep, … Read More

Seaweed could hold the key to cutting methane emissions from cow burps - Guest Work

Guest Author • Oct 17, 2016 •

• agriculture,
• climate change,
• cows,
• greenhouse gases,
• methane

By Michael Battaglia, CSIRO When Canadian farmer Joe Dorgan noticed about 11 years ago that cattle in a paddock by the sea were more productive than his other cows, he didn’t just rediscover an Ancient Greek and Icelandic practice. While the Ancient Greeks didn’t have to contend with global warming, it turns out that this practice could … Read More

Reducing greenhouse gases from cows and sheep needs big picture - Guest Work

Guest Author • Mar 22, 2016 •

• agricultural emissions,
• climate change,
• cows,
• farming,
• greenhouse gas emissions,
• sheep

Mario Herrero, CSIRO Farming livestock – cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens – contributes around 6 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) to the atmosphere each year. While estimates vary, this could represent up to 18% of global emissions. But the livestock sector also offers great benefits. It includes 20 billion animals, supports … Read More