People are paying attention to your dairy cows in a way you probably would have never thought. Their burps. The gasses that cows release in burps contain methane. While it adds only a sliver to U.S. methane emissions, Dairy Management Inc. sees an opportunity here to add to agriculture’s sustainability picture. Dr. Juan Tricarico is senior vice president of environmental research and distinguished scientist at DMI. He also serves as director of The Greener Cattle Initiative. This is a research group investing private and public dollars toward three big research projects, including one in Wisconsin. And the projects are looking at – you guessed it – cow burps, and how to reduce the methane in them. He says the folks with dairy buying power are engaged in environmental sustainability. That’s why reducing methane emissions has become a priority to increase the demand for dairy.

People are paying attention to your dairy cows in a way you probably would have never thought. Their burps. The gasses that cows release in burps contain methane. While it adds only a sliver to U.S. methane emissions, Dairy Management Inc. sees an opportunity here to add to agriculture’s sustainability picture. Dr. Juan Tricarico is senior vice president of environmental research and distinguished scientist at DMI. He also serves as director of The Greener Cattle Initiative. This is a research group investing private and public dollars toward three big research projects, including one in Wisconsin. And the projects are looking at – you guessed it – cow burps, and how to reduce the methane in them. He says the folks with dairy buying power are engaged in environmental sustainability. That’s why reducing methane emissions has become a priority to increase the demand for dairy.

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