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by pvaldes 6 days ago
I had explained here yet at least a couple of times why the seaweed plan will not work.

In short, Farting is a byproduct of the normal work of a healthy cow stomach. If your cows don't fart, the cows are starving and will not grow (neither well, nor fast enough). The milk may even have a funny taste, so your career as farmer will not last. The entire job of a farmer is to raise the cattle to market grade as fast as is biologically possible

Giving cows a diet of seaweed is like trying to breed your baby on a whole diet of painkillers and aspirin.

Economically it does not make sense either, because this seaweed are a scarce valuable resource. They are difficult to regenerate, expensive to harvest, and are sold yet to industry for <bigger amount of money>.

But don't trust me. The best proof that it will not work is that in 20 years nothing came of it.

I wouldn't advice to put any of your money on this idea that was obviously dumb from the start: Seaweeds are sought for their antibiotic properties, and cows need its gut microbiome alive to break the cellulose into sugars. Sold the seaweed and buy steaks instead with the money.

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Thank you!