Michelle Olgers
Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
The Greener Cattle Initiative, a multi-partner consortium created by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, recently awarded two additional grants to develop scalable and commercially feasible innovations that reduce enteric methane emissions, which cattle release by burping or exhaling as part of the natural digestive process. The grants support beef and dairy industry emission goals and put methane mitigation strategies into farmers’ hands, empowering them to make informed decisions about which practices will work best on their farms.
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