Longhorns involved in emissions project
12/02/2009
An experiment has begun in Somerset to find out if letting cattle roam outdoors in woodchip produces less greenhouse gas than in a roofed barn.
Longhorn cows which have grazed land on the Blackdown Hills have been put into a purpose-built woodchip corral approved by the Environment Agency.
The theory is that cattle kept outside have a lower body temperature and emit less methane than those kept indoors.
The Neroche Scheme experiment will continue until the middle of 2010.