NEWS OF THE WEEK

Grassy not gassy.

She looks like a bit of a heifer, she ought to go on a diet!

Well.....she is.

Research shows that a new diet for cows and sheep could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. 

A diet involving maize silage, naked oats and higher sugar grasses could reduce the amount of methane they produce, which at the moment accounts for 41% of Britain's overall methane emissions.

Agriculture as a whole accounts for around nine per cent of all British greenhouse gas emissionsm, most of this comes from sheep, cows and goats.

A trial showed that high-sugar grasses could reduce an animal's methane emissions by 20 per cent for every kg of weight gain and naked oats could reduce methane emissions from sheep by 33 percent.

I guess a little extra gas really can go a long way.