Methane must be reduced – What about rumen performance?
Authors: Valentina Mayorga, Predrag Persak, and Inge Heinzl, EW Nutrition Every day, dairy cows convert large amounts of feed into milk, but part of that valuable energy is inevitably lost in the form of methane produced during rumen fermentation. This gas not only represents a metabolic inefficiency for the animal but has also become one […]
Sustainable livestock farming: Progress since 1950
by Ilinca Anghelescu, Global Director Marketing Communications, EW Nutrition Summary Global GHG Emissions and Agriculture: Agriculture-related emissions account for 31% of global anthropogenic emissions, with a growing share coming from food-related activities outside traditional farming, such as processing and transportation. This represents a significant decrease from the 1950s when agriculture contributed to 58% of global […]
How to reduce methane emissions in dairy cows: phytogenic solutions
by Technical Team, EW Nutrition The world demand for milk has seen a sharp rise. Today, we have just over 1 billion dairy cows in the world producing about 1.6 billion tons of milk per year. However, OECD and FAO estimate that numbers will rise up to 1.5 billion dairy cows in 2028, for […]