New Livestock Diet Could Significantly Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new study by Reading University and the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences shows that altering livestock diets could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20%. From the article: "Agriculture accounts for around nine per cent of all British greenhouse gas emissions. Most of this comes from sheep, cows and goats. Farming accounts for 41 per cent of Britain's overall methane emissions, which are harmful to the environment. A trial showed that high-sugar grasses could reduce an animal's methane emissions by 20 per cent for every kg of weight gain and naked oats could reduce methane emissions from sheep by 33 percent."