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Farming Today: Reducing methane from cattle, Fishing crime, Bees

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18/05/2016

Reducing methane from cattle, Fishing crime, Bees

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Reducing methane from cattle, Fishing crime, Bees

Scientists look to use microbes to reduce the methane produced by cattle.

Scientists in Europe and the US are working to reduce the methane produced by cattle by introducing a microbe into the stomach. And the new joint force tackling fishing crime.

Scientists in Europe are working to reduce the amount of methane produced by cattle, by introducing a microbe into the stomach. The researchers, from Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland and the US, claim the organism will not only inhibit production of this greenhouse gas, but will also aid digestion. 
Cattle, sheep, goats and other ruminants farmed by humans currently produce an estimated 100 million tons of methane every year.

And we hear about a new joint force set up to tackle fishing crime in the North of England. 'Operation Traverse' involves the police, the Angling Trust and the Environment Agency.

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