Scientists prepare to farm puffy pink seaweed that stops cows burping methane

Researchers want to mass-farm a native Queensland seaweed, which stops cows burping methane, in a bid to help cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

A previous study by the CSIRO discovered adding a small amount of Asparagopsis to the cow’s diet reduced the amount of the gas the animal produced by up to 99 per cent.

It found the chemicals in the algae diminished the microbes in cows stomachs which caused them to pass air.

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