Better diets to stop cows' methane emissions

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Defra study says feeding animals maize silage, naked oats and higher sugar grasses can cut the amount of methane they produce

Changing what cows and sheep eat could help to trim the 41 per cent of methane emissions that result from farming, a Defra-funded study will say today. Flatulent cows, goats and sheep account for 4.5...

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