Green Cows Belch Less!!!

[elleng]

'Cows across Vermont are having their feed adjusted to help them belch less methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that has been linked to climate change.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/us/05cows.html?hp

[Sanity Claws]

1. But I like the Black and White Cows

They're pretty.

[ShortnFiery]

12. Holstein Cattle.

I saw The Great Eddy Arnold yodel and croon about these lovely beasts at "The Corn Palace" in Mitchell South Dakota, 1974. Sa-Lute!

Here's an action video of the Moo Moos with the sweet voice of Eddie in the audio track. :-) :silly:

The Cattle Call

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbPcH5caOJU

[Taverner]

2. I like pink cows

[rurallib]

3. Is this where green milk comes from?

[MADem]

4. I'll bet the milk tastes better, too!

Beats running around giving each of them a giant BEANO tablet every day!

[rwheeler31]

5. I want a Pony.

[BirminghamExaminer]

6. I'd like to know what they're adding to the feed....I could add it to my husband's.....lol n/t

[elleng]

8. EASY!

alfalfa and flaxseed. try it; you'll like it!

[DJ13]

7. ....... but they scratch themselves in public more often

[xchrom]

9. and spit. nt

[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. I nominate this whole thread for a Duzy. nt

[ShortnFiery]

11. What a bovine idea!

:silly: :yoiks:

[Locrian]

13. makes sense

Feeding cows corn is like a diet of snickersbars. It's also a reason why they get fed so many antibiotics - because they cant digest the corn very well.

Going to a natural grass feed is better (lower amount of fertilizer (oil) for the corn), more healthy (less drugs for the cows), and better more natural beef. Oh, but it means smaller farms are more suited for this because you need land (grass). Big corporate farms want high density -so they do it the "un-natural" way.

http://products.mercola.com/grass-fed-beef/

[pipi_k]

14. belching less methane?

I was always under the impression that methane (along with other noxious gases) came from the OTHER end of the cow...

????


Are these beautiful lovely peaceful critters actually farting through their teeth?

:scared: