One of the nation’s largest meat packers is endorsing a European-made product that helps lower methane emissions from cows to help meet climate sustainability goals.
Cargill says the company will start selling a methane-absorbing, mask-like device that turns the gas into carbon dioxide for cows to European dairy farms in 2022.
Sander van Zijderveld, Cargill’s technical ruminant expert for Western Europe, tells Brownfield the device reduces emissions by 53 percent. “It has a small cover over the nose of the cow.
