Laying down a marker for efficient cattle production

By identifying feed efficiency biomarkers in growing cattle fed high-forage diets, EU-funded researchers have taken a significant step towards achieving greater efficiency in cattle production. Moving away from grain-based feed will also help to reduce competition between crops destined for feed and crops destined for human consumption.

Growing demand for meat and milk, fuelled by an expanding and increasingly affluent global population, is placing a significant strain on our natural resources. Livestock are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and waste, and require significant amounts of land for growing feed crops.

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