The Associated Press reported on the 22nd that some cattle farms in the United States have changed feed varieties and controlled the fight of cows, thereby reducing the greenhouse gas emissions generated by cattle snoring.
Diet therapy reduction
According to data provided by the US Dairy Management Company, the amount of waste generated by the dairy industry accounts for 2% of the total US greenhouse gas emissions. Most of the waste generated from the dairy industry is produced by the cows snoring, and the remainder is produced by feed processing and dairy products.
The Associated Press reported that 15 cattle breeding farms in Vermont stopped using cereals and beans as supplementary herbivores to feed cows since January this year. They switched to feeds rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as flaxseed and valerian, to assist in pasture feeding.
Nancy Shischberg, head of the “Green Cow Project†of the company’s parent company Ishihara Dairy Co., Ltd., told reporters from the Associated Press that after eating the feed rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, the rumen of the dairy cow was balanced. Reduced gas.
According to the Associated Press, cows in Coventry Valley Dairy Farm in Vermont have changed their emissions from snoring by 13% after eating fresh feed; the cow’s emissions from another unnamed cow farm have been reduced by 18%. However, the news agency did not specify how these emissions reduction data were calculated.
The U.S. Dairy Innovation Center predicts that the U.S. dairy industry will expect a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 from now through technological innovations in feed renewal and feed processing and product transportation. It is equivalent to reducing greenhouse gas emissions of 1.25 million vehicles each year from this year to 2020.
Treatment Beauty
Tim Mekshero and Kristen Dreuter, coworkers at Coventry Valley Cattle Farms, also discovered that new feeds designed to reduce the production of exhaust gas from dairy cows have the benefit of cattle beauty and healing.
They told the Associated Press that, after eating the new feed, the skin color of Dutch Holstein cows and brown Jersey cows raised in the Coventry Valley cattle farm was brighter than before. At the same time, these two kinds of cows have a reduced risk of hoof disease and stomach problems.
After the Coventry Valley Cattle Farm switched to a new feed, the cost of feed did not increase, but the cost of livestock medical treatment was significantly reduced.
"I thought the cows should fight and exhaust," said Delett. "...now know that we are working hard to save the planet."
On a global scale, it was the French Danone Group that used to change the composition of feeds to reduce the exhaustion of dairy cows. At the end of the last century, Ishihara Dairy Co., Ltd. began to study the "contribution" of the cow's hiccups to the greenhouse effect. After Danone obtained control of Ishihara, Ishihara updated the feed according to Danone.
economic factors
Some analysts believe that reducing the production of exhaust gas from dairy cows is not only related to reducing the greenhouse effect, but also to the economic interests of the US dairy industry.
After US President Barack Obama took office, some environmental groups lobbied for Congress to try to allow Congress to approve the Environmental Protection Agency to collect environmental production license fees from the cattle farms. Dairy farmers said that this charge is a “cow tax†and they fear that they will increase significantly. Costs have resulted in the loss of economic benefits.
The Associated Press reported that the Federation of Farm Administration Bureaus in the United States made a "budget" ahead of schedule, saying that after the "taxation of dairy cows" was set up, each farmer had to pay $175 for a cow, a beef cow for $87.5, and a hog for $20. The cost is high and at a glance.
On many occasions, the U.S. government and Congress have denied that they intend to levy a “cow taxâ€. Lisa Jackson, the Director of Environmental Protection, described rumours of “milk tax†as “ecstatic†and “insanityâ€. Some MPs and EPA officials also pointed out that it is difficult to set quantitative standards for gas emissions from dairy cows. In the absence of quantitative measures, it is difficult to collect environmental protection fees. (Zhang Ning)