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   The cow fart climate change colletivists get their lying bovine arses   
   kicked again:   
      
      
   https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1824446026935103767   
      
   Take that Bill Gates: The  University of Nebraska recently completed a   
   study showing that the way  to reduce carbon in the atmosphere is by   
   raising more cows. According to  their findings, cows are actually   
   carbon negative.   
      
   “Optimizing grazing systems is the best way to ensure that carbon is   
   being taken up by the pasture, cattle are growing from utilization of   
   the forage, and greenhouse gas emissions are being offset of cattle from   
     birth to slaughter”.   
      
   Pasture grazing for 180 days of the year is the best way to ensure   
   cattle do not have a negative impact on the climate.   
      
   For example, while pasture grazing is important, weather conditions  in   
   Nebraska do not allow producers to have cattle graze year-round  because   
   of the grass’s growth. Finishing cattle in dry  lots  allows for a   
   year-round beef supply and a faster rate of gain,  further reducing   
   negative impacts.   
      
   “When optimized grazing is applied based on the climate and the  region,   
   there is more carbon sequestered than what cattle breathe out in  CO2   
   and produce in methane”.   
      
   https://beef.unl.edu/documents/2023-beef-report/81-86_McPhillips_MP117-2023.pdf   
      
   Conclusion   
   The partial-confinement system resulted   
   in less over all emissions of CO2and CH4.   
      
   Calves from this system were smaller at   
   weaning and required more days on feed to   
   achieve market weight. The pasture-based   
   production system produced more emissions of CO2   
   and CH4but more carbon was   
   sequestered from the annual forages grazed   
   in that system. Cows from this system   
   were either carbon neutral or a carbon sink   
   depending on the GHG accounting metrics   
   used.   
      
   Traditional research in beef production considers only emissions. The   
   data forthese grazing situations indicate that soil   
   carbon uptake is greater than all emissions   
   from beef production. Additional research   
   is needed to measure carbon sequestration   
   over multiple years, varying types of forages   
   and stocking densities to determine how   
   much carbon can be sequestered within the   
   beef production system.   
      
   Moo.   
      
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