Many humans adjusted to wearing masks last year for the greater good. Why not cows?
Cargill Inc. is partnering with Zelp Ltd., a U.K.-based startup, to distribute devices that are put over a dairy cowâs nose to absorb methane released by their burps and exhales.
Cargill, with a sizable animal nutrition business in Europe, is working with dairy farmers there to gauge and shore up interest in using Zelpâs cow-mask technology.
Itâs the latest in a series of experimental pilots, programs and technologies being explored by the mammoth agribusiness as it seeks to reduce the environmental toll of livestock within its supply chain.