Daffodils could help the fight against climate change by cutting the amount of methane produced by cows.
Scientists are trailing a new method of adding an extract from the flowers to livestock feed which has been shown to reduce methane in artificial cow stomachs by 96%.
The technique developed by the scientists at Scotland’s Rural College is being tested on farms across the UK.
Sky’s Becky Johnson has been to find out more.
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Climate change is a con. If it was true they’d be forcing us to grow hemp to eat the co2. Sun cycles cause our heatwaves. We are in cycle 25 look it up.
The methane cows produce is not the problem. It's industry. Governments simply want to create more 'room' for industry to create filth on the planet. They'd happily starve us all in the process!
how about vegans eating daffodils they eat a plant base diet like cattle so they must be producing gas
Stupid souls,they dnt ever get it, doing smthing,KHALKI ALXDR
Second only to the unscientific and illogical theory of evolution, man-made global warming / climate change is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against humanity by Earth-worshipping zealots who are stealing $trillions of your tax dollars to fund their false religion and lies.
More leftist insanity and lies.
Stick a methane particle filter and exhaust up their rear end
EXCESS DEATHS IN THE UK.
INVESTIGATE NOW
only a fool believes 0.04 % carbon in the air can somehow cause heat to be kept in how does that work sky do the molecules join up ? all a big lie
bs news and government
if I was in power I would shut down your 'news' station permanently
Daffodils contain 20 toxic alkaloids. Should this be retained within the meat and dairy then could these be passed on within the food chain? Serious consequences!
I’ve read about algae which also reduces methane in cows stomachs. If it is not too expensive to add, all farmers in the UK should be legally required to add this to livestock feed
People protect your Cows!! Big corporate agriculture companies want to destroy ancient grass meadows and wipe out all the wildlife to grow commercial crops. It is vandalising our historic countryside and obliterating so much diversity of ecology. Buy your food wisely and support your cows. Stop this bad press about our beloved cows!
We’re growing more Soya for animal feed world wide than food for humans…. Just over 70 percent of the soybeans grown in the United States are used for animal feed, with poultry being the number one livestock sector consuming soybeans, followed by hogs, dairy, beef and aquaculture.
It's not cows farting that's the problem, it's middle class and vegies flying avocados from California to Europe on huge fcking aircraft.
More climate idiocy from the climate cult.
They've already shown seaweed added to cattle feed reduces methane dramatically.
Tell the political class to get those private jets fuelled up, gotta spread the message to the poor folk across the world
Stop killing cows.