CJ Feed & Care, a feed livestock corporation affiliated with CJ Cheil Jedang, has introduced an environmentally friendly feed. That can reduce the amount of methane emitted by dairy cattle when they burp or fart. Methane is a greenhouse gas that has an impact on the planet’s temperature and climate system.
Cows expel large amounts of heat-trapping methane. Several solutions have been investigated to reduce the carbon footprint of beef and dairy cattle. Methane emissions from milk cows exceed those of beef cattle. CJ Feed & Care announced that it has obtained a patent for feed additives that suppress methane-producing bacteria in cow stomachs. And has applied it to its methane-reducing solution.
According to a survey conducted by Konkuk University in Seoul, methane generation by milk cows fed. CJ Feed & Care’s methane solution for two weeks decreased by 36.6 percent when compared to general feed, but milk production did not change.
“The introduction of methane-reducing feed will result in an eco-friendly paradigm shift in the feed. And livestock sectors,” an unnamed CJ Feed & Care official said in a statement on June 21. Before looking for clients abroad, the company would first target the domestic market.
According to Jeonbuk National University, the amount of greenhouse gas produced by South Korea’s livestock sector increased from 5.8 million tonnes in 1990 to 9.4 million tonnes in 2018. CJ Feed & Care anticipated rising demand for environmentally friendly feed. Including methane reduction feed, as the world’s carbon trading system expanded to include the livestock industry.
