Thursday
Jun252009
New Products and Inventions
Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 11:27PM 
New Method to Reduce Methane
University of Alberta researchers have developed a formula to lessen the methane gas that cattle produce by as much as 25 per cent by balancing starch, sugar, cellulose, ash, fat and other elements of feed.
Methane is a greenhouse gas which accounts for 72 percent of total emissions in Canada. Indentifying these factors in the food allows farmers to lessen the environmental impact of their cattle raising activities.
The study was funded by the Canada Research Chairs program and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
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