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A commitment to lowering the impact of cattle farming on our environment via preventative methods of reducing methane output.

Methane is a major cause of climate change. It’s the second biggest contributor, after carbon dioxide, and responsible for about half a degree of warming, says Andy Reisinger, principal scientist for climate change at New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment and a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Bureau. The IPCC estimates that human activity accounts for a net temperature increase of 1.1 °C, summing the contributions of greenhouse gas warming with the cooling caused by human-made aerosols.

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​A single cow emits up to 100 kg of methane per year, and the 3.5 billion ruminants raised as livestock worldwide generate about 6% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. While this contribution may not seem big enough to focus on, it is high relative to many other economic sectors. “If you argue that a small sector won’t make a difference, then none of them would do anything,” Reisinger says. For comparison, he adds, global aviation is responsible for 2.5% of greenhouse gas emissions, and the airline industry is often targeted for emission reductions

Cows by the Numbers

Proper manure management and feeding cows food that doesn’t produce methane as much is the key to lowering emissions in this category

  • North Carolina has the least efficient cows and they have a problem with manure management

  • California

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Soil carbon sequestration is by far the cheapest and effective option for crops

  • Flora that is not harvested and planted around crop fields helps with sequestration

  • No-till farming is another great option because you don’t have to labor or have to pay someone for the tilling

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  • ETC.As an industry, agriculture emits 11.2% of the U.S. total emissions

  • The GND allocates only $601 B in helping farmers transition to greener practices or 3.5% of the total deal

  • California and Texas emit the most for cattle

    • Texas emits less per cow compared to California

      • Texas = 2.5 Tons Per Cattle

      • California = 4 Tons Per Cattle 

  • Proper manure management and feeding cows food that doesn’t produce methane as much is the key to lowering emissions in this category

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  • As a side note - North Carolina has the least efficient cows and they have a problem with manure management

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  • Soil carbon sequestration is by far the cheapest and effective option for crops

  • Flora that is not harvested and planted around crop fields helps with sequestration

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  • No till farming is another great option because you don’t have to labor or have to pay someone for the tilling

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Takeaways

  • Texas is a far more efficient cattle state than California, but can still significantly improve farming practices.

  • Not enough money is going towards incentives for cattle ranchers and farmers to improve practices, (only 3.5% of GND is dedicated to incentives).

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