With funding from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, University of Illinois faculty, along with an international team of scientists, is recruiting a surprising ally to make a powerful dent in greenhouse gas emissions: the cow. The team will work to re-route hydrogen atoms away from methane during the fermentation process in the rumen, toward more productive end products.
Tag: Animal Agriculture
Increasing digestibility of soybean meal
Three microbes are used to break down antinutritional factors and increase digestibility of soybean meal, an important source of protein for animal feed.
Canadian researchers create new form of cultivated meat
Researchers at Canada’s McMaster University have developed a new form of cultivated meat using a method that promises more natural flavour and texture than other alternatives to traditional meat from animals.