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  • Surf and Turf: Oregon State researchers to study feeding seaweed to cattle

    Sean Nealon|Updated Nov 12, 2024

    BURNS - Oregon State University researchers have received a $1 million grant to study the impact of adding seaweed to the diets of beef cattle as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Recent research has found that feeding seaweed can reduce methane emissions from cattle, most of which originates from enteric fermentation that is characteristic of their digestive process. Oregon State will investigate a specific type of seaweed – Pacific dulse, a species grown c... Full story