Seaweed Content

Feeding Grazing Cattle Seaweed Cuts Methane Emissions by Almost 40%

Amy M Quinton — December 02, 2024 - 1:20pm

Scientists find making a seaweed additive more accessible to grazing cattle would make cattle farming more sustainable while meeting global demand for meat.

UC’s 10 Best Research Stories of 2021

Dave Jones — December 30, 2021 - 11:47am

Is 2021 over already?

The year brought its fair share of big news and research breakthroughs, COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 alike. Given UC is the global leader in cited scholarship, it’s no surprise that each campus produced numerous new ways of understanding our world.

Feeding Cattle Seaweed Reduces Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions 82 Percent

Amy M Quinton — March 17, 2021 - 11:00am

Feeding beef cattle seaweed as part of their diet reduced greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 82 percent, according to new findings from researchers at the 51�Թϱ��, Davis.

Can Seaweed Cut Methane Emissions on Dairy Farms?

Katherine E Kerlin — May 24, 2018 - 11:30am

Seaweed may be the super food dairy cattle need to reduce the amount of methane they burp into the atmosphere. Early results from research at 51�Թϱ�� indicate that just a touch of the ocean algae in cattle feed could dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions from California’s 1.8 million dairy cows.