Feeding Cows Seaweed Could Cut Methane Emissions and Diversify Maine’s Coastal Economy, but Can It Scale? - Inside Climate News
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There are still hurdles to overcome, but growing the seaweed industry in a state known for lobster could be a win for local fishermen, dairy and cattle operations, and the planet.

  • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.vgEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    , it was just ~20% after accounting for the longer life of the cattle due to unpredicted slower mass gain with the supplement.

    Unpredicted is wrong there, there are many substances, additives, and outright plants that can be added to ruminant diets to reduce GHG emissions and that usually has consequences. The animal farmers have known about these for a long time as it’s part of the “technology”; sometimes the additives reduce weight gain, sometimes they cause harms; sometimes the plants taint the meat or milk.

    They had hoped for no changes to development of the cattle and around 80% or higher emissions cut.

    Yes, it’s a huge failure.

    a great starting point and a strong show of the value proposition

    It’s not. This has been going on for years.

    Here’s a long article: https://etcgroup.org/content/seaweed-delusion