I don’t normally like to post a story from Infowars, as Alex Jones and that operation is controlled opposition with crazy conspiracies mixed in with the real. But this is from someone else and worth posting with the driving article in Danish, and I have several other posts about Bovaer. So we can see that this might not be working out so well for farmers, and last I saw the UK was going to mandate this feed additive. Dare we say beef prices will go up even higher when the cows are less fertile or die. And there were some farms that were going to test this here in the states, probably big ag megacorp operations that will keep these results quiet. And just another example of white coat “science” being trash.
By Raw Egg Nationalist
Danish cows are producing less milk and collapsing, with farmers placing the blame on a controversial new feed additive that’s supposed to reduce their methane emissions
Since 1 October, farmers in Denmark have begun adding Bovaer into their cows’ feed to reduce their production of the greenhouse gas methane as they graze. Environmentalists say methane emissions from livestock are one of the major contributors to global warming
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Danish cows are producing less milk and collapsing, with farmers placing the blame on a controversial new feed additive that’s supposed to reduce their methane emissions.
Since 1 October, farmers in Denmark have begun adding Bovaer into their cows’ feed to reduce their production of the greenhouse gas methane as they graze.
Environmentalists say methane emissions from livestock are one of the major contributors to global warming.
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten reported on Friday that it had spoken to a number of farmers who believe Bovaer is harming their herds.
“We have so many people who call us and are unhappy about what is happening in their herds,” said Kjartan Poulsen, chairman of the National Association of Danish Dairy Producers.
Farmers have reported lower yields of milk, and in some cases that the animals have collapsed. Some have even had to be euthanized.
Bovaer is manufactured by the Dutch company DSM and was approved by European Commission as an addition to cattle feed in 2022. The European Food Safety Authority has said the additive poses no risk to the health of cows.
Some of the farmers who spoke to Jyllands-Posten said they had removed Bovaer from the feed and their animals recovered.
The National Association of Danish Dairy Producers has now begun an investigation into the reports.
Chairman Poulson says the next step will be to have farmers sign a declaration that they will stop using the additive if their animals get sick, in accordance with establish rules on animal welfare.
He has also called on the nation’s agricultural minister to declare a “timeout” on the use of the additive, so that more information about its effects can be gathered.
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration has stated it is aware some farmers have reported problems after using Bovaer. The agency has asked researchers at Aarhus University to investigate.