Posted on 09/09/2013 7:30:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. (AP) -- Cows stand patiently in a tent-like chamber at a research farm in western Wisconsin, waiting for their breath to be tested. Outside, corrals have been set up with equipment to measure gas wafting from the ground. A nearby corn field contains tools that allow researchers to assess the effects of manure spread as fertilizer.
Scientists based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have started a slew of studies to determine how dairy farms can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. They will look at what animals eat, how their waste is handled and the effects on soil, water and air.
Their work is part of a government-sponsored effort to help farmers adapt to more extreme weather and reduce their impact on climate change. The studies also will support a dairy industry effort to make farms more environmentally friendly, profitable and attractive to consumers. The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy is developing a computer program that will allow farmers to compare water consumption, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from their farms to the national average and learn how improving their practices could help their bottom line.
"We like to say sustainability makes cents — c-e-n-t-s," said Erin Fitzgerald, the center's senior vice president for sustainability.
Environmentally speaking, the big issue for dairy farms for decades was manure.
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‘Manure is the enemy’ Ping
and here you thought it was Obama or CONGRE$$ .. or our new allies, AQ
Why not conduct a study on how to reduce the BS gases emitted from the gasbags that do these studies?
“We helped Flossie here to reduce her greenhouse gas emissions using nothing but natural, renewable cork.”
Cows and greenhouse gases...
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
All this time, and I never realized the cow took in Oxygen through its back.
Don’t feel bad. I always thought lobsters were red.
These scientists are getting government money to study how to reduce the C02 emissions of cows. We are seeing how this Global Warming fraud has fed the bank accounts of many with an objective that is not achievable. I wish all that money went to more achievable pursuits like a cure for diabetes or thorium-fueled nuclear power plants.
Cowtalytic converters?
LOL!
*GROAN*
My issue is more of ‘gettingthehellouttatheway’ when my steer, ‘Dinner’ lets one rip, LOL! Hoo- Boy! Can that boy ‘release the gasses’ or WHAT?
He’s got about 90 days to go, then he will no longer be a polluter. However, I’m sure my grilling him over a charcoal grill will have the enviros up in arms.
And, GOOD! :)
There is a reason the smart cows fled Wisconsin for California
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