The cow’s amazing ability to sustain itself by eating nothing but grass is one of the marvels of nature, but it comes at a cost. As grass ferments in the rumen — one of four compartments in the animal ...

Matthias Hess, with the UC Davis Department of Animal Science, and researchers at UC Berkeley, have identified which microbes in a cow's gut could help reduce methane. It brings them a step closer to ...

“With grass and maize silages forming the base of most diets, achieving the energy density required to sustain milk production and fertility can be difficult,” explains Dr Richard Kirkland, Global ...