{"id":379662,"date":"2018-10-04T20:31:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T19:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-swiss-firm-claims-new-feed-will-curb-cow-farts-and-global-warming\/"},"modified":"2018-10-04T20:31:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T19:31:20","slug":"prison-planet-com-swiss-firm-claims-new-feed-will-curb-cow-farts-and-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-swiss-firm-claims-new-feed-will-curb-cow-farts-and-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Swiss firm claims new feed will curb cow farts \u2014 and global warming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/swiss-firm-claims-new-feed-will-curb-cow-farts-global-n916316\"><strong>NBC News<\/strong><\/a><br \/>October 4, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIERE, Switzerland \u2014 Cows burp and fart more than they need to, according to a Swiss firm that says it has developed a feed that cuts methane emissions from livestock \u2014 helping to combat global warming into the bargain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A single cow produces the equivalent of about three tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, says Agolin, based in Biere, near Lausanne. Co-founder and managing director Kurt Schaller told Reuters its specialist feed can reduce that by 10 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sell our mixture for around 1 million cows per year\u2026 There are 25-28 million cows in the European Union, so it is a big percentage,\u201d he said. \u201cThat represents 300,000 tonnes of CO2 reduction today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations says livestock farming alone is responsible for up to 18 percent of the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a quarter of that comes from bovine flatulence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/swiss-firm-claims-new-feed-will-curb-cow-farts-global-n916316\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Thursday, October 4, 2018  at  6:04 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/swiss-firm-claims-new-feed-will-curb-cow-farts-and-global-warming.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/swiss-firm-claims-new-feed-will-curb-cow-farts-and-global-warming.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC NewsOctober 4, 2018 BIERE, Switzerland \u2014 Cows burp and fart more than they need to, according to a Swiss firm that says it has developed a feed that cuts methane emissions from livestock \u2014 helping to combat global warming into the bargain. 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