cow

Space

This start-up is trying to fuel a rocket engine with cow manure

Interstellar Technologies’ cow-dung fuelled rocket engine successfully launched for 10 seconds.

13/12/2023

wellbeing

Feeling stressed? You can cuddle cows to relieve anxiety at this farm

Visitors are flocking to Dumble Farm in Yorkshire, UK, to harness the potential mental health benefits of being up close with their furry residents.

04/12/2023

Climate

Feeding daffodil extract to cows could reduce methane emissions

A four-year trial is underway in the UK to determine whether feeding a compound found in daffodils to cows could reduce their production of the greenhouse gas, methane.

17/07/2023

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No Comment videos of the week

No agenda, no slant. Get the picture without the commentary.

03/06/2023

Climate

French farmers protest calls to 'sacrifice' cows for carbon savings

Cattle farmers say calls to cut the number of cows would mean more imported meat.

25/05/2023

Green News

Farming tax vital to Denmark's climate target, says government adviser

Farming in Denmark is expected to account for 40 per cent of emissions by 2030 if no new policies are introduced.

21/02/2023

Eco-Innovation

Could baby kangaroo poo reduce methane from cows?

Livestock farming is the biggest human-caused source of methane. Scientists have come up with another way to tackle the gas.

16/02/2023

Eco-Innovation

Bill Gates backs burp-busting cow feed by Aussie start-up

Methane gas is one of the biggest drivers of global warming. This startup hopes to combat it using seaweed.

24/01/2023

Eco-Innovation

Are floating farms the solution to floods and rising sea levels?

A floating farm in the Dutch city of Rotterdam aims to be a climate-adaptive, sustainable alternative to traditional and modern farming.

09/12/2022

Green News

Farmers protest against New Zealand’s proposed ‘cow burp tax’

Farmers in New Zealand gathered in city and town centres on Thursday, driving tractors and pickup trucks and carrying signs to protest the government's plan to tax agricultural emissions.

20/10/2022

Eco-Innovation

Dutch flowers fed with cow ‘urine’ are healthier than ever

Dutch farmers and flower growers are teaming up to reduce nitrogen emissions.

03/10/2022

No Comment

Six people injured during the eighth bull run of San Fermin

SIx people were injured and transferred to hospital during the eighth and last bull run of this year's San Fermin festival in Pamplona, one of them gored.

14/07/2022

Green News

Cow face masks could help cut methane emissions from burps

The innovative design has won a nearly €60,000 prize backed by Prince Charles to help develop the idea in the future.

29/04/2022

Culture news

Meet Neige the cow: The International Agricultural Fair's latest star

Neige, a four-year-old cow raised on a family farm in Haute-Savoie, discovers newfound celebrity as mascot of the 2022 International Agricultural Fair.

26/11/2021

Eco-Innovation

What is artificial lightning and how is it helping farmers?

A Norwegian company has found a novel way to reduce cow manure emissions: zapping them with artificial plasma rays.

08/10/2021

Eco-Innovation

The world’s biggest seaweed factory will soon feed cows of the future

Sweden is investing in seaweed to cut methane emissions in cows.

24/09/2021

Germany

Cows can be 'potty trained like children' for greener environment

Scientists, hoping to find new ways to prevent urine from polluting the earth, have managed to potty train cows in two weeks.

15/09/2021

Eco-Innovation

Cow burps are being used to offset our carbon emissions

This company is turning cow burps into carbon credits to make agriculture greener.

22/04/2021

Austria

Man in cow mask, fined under burqa ban law, has conviction quashed

Austria's Constitutional Court has overturned the sentence of an animal rights activist who was fined under a law banning full-face veils while wearing a cow mask.

18/03/2021

Spain

Practising his best mooves: Farmer skates in front of his cows

Pablo Pato uses the cowshed on the cattle farm to practice his grinds and spins, racing along past his audience of cows after clearing up after them and sweeping the hay out of the way.

07/03/2019