Test product Swedish original 2024-11-12 19:47
Emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane will be discussed at the UN climate conference COP29 in Baku. In Sweden, it is cattle that account for the largest emissions. However, there are special feeds that reduce emissions when the cows ruminate. But the feed is expensive and not subsidized.
– We cannot take on the green transition ourselves, says farmer Emil Karlsson.
Agriculture accounts for most of Sweden’s methane emissions. Above all, it is the animals’ digestion of feed that causes the emissions. 600 dairy cows live on Fröstorp’s farm in Herrljunga. Here, the cows will now begin to be fed with a feed supplement that affects an enzyme in the stomach.
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In a report from 2023, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency writes that supplements in the feed are one of the few measures available to reduce methane emissions from animals. In studies, it has been possible to reduce methane emissions from dairy cows by around 30 percent. Fröstorp’s farm participates in a project with a Swedish food company. Without their money it would not have been possible.
