Methane-reducing seaweed asparagopsis up for sale after years of research

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After years of frantic research and fast-tracked commercial licensing, cattle feedlots can now buy asparagopsis, a native Australian seaweed touted to reduce methane emissions by "90 to 95 per cent" when fed to cows and sheep.

Asparagopsis has been the subject of numerous research trials and a fast-tracked commercialisation effort since it was first identified as a way to reduce ruminant animals' methane emissions.

Research suggests very little asparagopsis needs to be included in a ruminant animal's feed for its methane emissions to plummet. "Say a cow's dry matter intake is 14 kilos a day,"Mr Main said. "The amount of seaweed we'd need to give it is less than a squash ball — it's 50 grams."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-06-30/asparagopsis-methane-reducing-seaweed-sold-in-australia/101198580

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1. Hope this turns out to be effective as claimed!

We need to cut back on eating livestock -- especially grain-fed livestock -- but until then, this could really make a difference.