The Canadian government has committed $3 million to the University of Manitoba for research on greenhouse gas mitigation in livestock production.
The funding, announced today at the U of M, will go toward research in three areas – long-term crop rotations, converting crops from perennial to annual grasslands and winter feeding of cattle.
“This project will help the agriculture industry improve its environmental performance while benefiting our economy and ensuring Canadian farmers stay competitive in the global marketplace,” said public safety minister Vic Toews, in a statement.
The research should help Canada’s cattle sector in two ways, the release stated.
It should help develop beneficial management practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Canada’s cattle herd. As well, it will improve cattle producer feed efficiency because two to 12 percent of feed energy is lost as greenhouse gas emissions.
