Feeding cows natural plant extracts can reduce dairy farm odors and feed costs

Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 17:31 in Mathematics & Economics

With citizens' groups seeking government regulation of foul-smelling ammonia emissions from large dairy farms, scientists report that adding natural plant extracts to cow feed can reduce levels of the gas by one-third while reducing the need to fortify cow feed with expensive protein supplements.

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