Current state of enteric methane and the carbon footprint of beef and dairy cattle in the United States

doi:10.1093/af/vfab043

. 2021 Sep 6;11(4):57-68.

doi: 10.1093/af/vfab043. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Current state of enteric methane and the carbon footprint of beef and dairy cattle in the United States

Affiliations

¹ Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
² Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
³ Southern Plains Range Research Station, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Woodward, OK, USA.
⁴ Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, University Park, PA, USA.
⁵ Department of Animal Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
⁷ Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
⁸ Department of Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
⁹ Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
¹¹ Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.

PMID: 34513270
PMCID: PMC8420983
DOI: 10.1093/af/vfab043

Current state of enteric methane and the carbon footprint of beef and dairy cattle in the United States

Jasmine A Dillon et al. Anim Front. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 6;11(4):57-68.

doi: 10.1093/af/vfab043. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
² Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
³ Southern Plains Range Research Station, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Woodward, OK, USA.
⁴ Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, University Park, PA, USA.
⁵ Department of Animal Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
⁷ Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
⁸ Department of Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
⁹ Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
¹¹ Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.

PMID: 34513270
PMCID: PMC8420983
DOI: 10.1093/af/vfab043

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Keywords: carbon footprint; carbon sequestration, environmental impact; greenhouse gas.

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**Figure 1.**
U.S. GHG emissions by economic sector (EPA, 2020).

**Figure 2.**
U.S. agricultural GHG emissions by activity (EPA, 2020).

**Figure 3.**
Global distribution of modeled soil organic carbon (**SOC**; Mg C ha⁻¹) change in the top 2 m. The legend is a histogram of SOC loss (Mg C ha⁻¹), with positive values indicating loss and negative values depicting gains in SOC. Figure adapted from Sanderman et al. (2017).

**Figure 4.**
Methane in the carbon cycle. Figure reproduced from Thompson and Rowntree (2020) with permission.

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[1] Allen, M.R., Shine K.P., Fuglestvedt J.S., Millar R.J., Cain M., and Frame D.J.. 2018. A solution to the misrepresentations of CO2-equivalent emissions of short-lived climate pollutants under ambitious mitigation. Npj Clim. Atmospheric Sci. 1:16. doi:10.1038/s41612-018-0026-8 - DOI

[2] Allen, M.R., Shine K.P., Fuglestvedt J.S., Millar R.J., Cain M., and Frame D.J.. 2018. A solution to the misrepresentations of CO2-equivalent emissions of short-lived climate pollutants under ambitious mitigation. Npj Clim. Atmospheric Sci. 1:16. doi:10.1038/s41612-018-0026-8 - DOI

[3] Basarab, J.A., Beauchemin K.A., Baron V.S., Ominski K.H., Guan L.L., Miller S.P., and Crowley J.J.. 2013. Reducing GHG emissions through genetic improvement for feed efficiency: effects on economically important traits and enteric methane production. Animal 7 (Suppl 2):303–315. doi:10.1017/S1751731113000888 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Basarab, J.A., Beauchemin K.A., Baron V.S., Ominski K.H., Guan L.L., Miller S.P., and Crowley J.J.. 2013. Reducing GHG emissions through genetic improvement for feed efficiency: effects on economically important traits and enteric methane production. Animal 7 (Suppl 2):303–315. doi:10.1017/S1751731113000888 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Beauchemin, K.A., Coates T., Farr B., and McGinn S.M.. 2012. Technical Note: Can the sulfur hexafluoride tracer gas technique be used to accurately measure enteric methane production from ruminally cannulated cattle? J. Anim. Sci. 90:2727–2732. doi:10.2527/jas.2011-4681 - DOI - PubMed

[6] Beauchemin, K.A., Coates T., Farr B., and McGinn S.M.. 2012. Technical Note: Can the sulfur hexafluoride tracer gas technique be used to accurately measure enteric methane production from ruminally cannulated cattle? J. Anim. Sci. 90:2727–2732. doi:10.2527/jas.2011-4681 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Beauchemin, K.A., Kreuzer M., O′Mara F., and McAllister T.A.. 2008. Nutritional management for enteric methane abatement: a review. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 48:21. doi:10.1071/EA07199 - DOI

[8] Beauchemin, K.A., Kreuzer M., O′Mara F., and McAllister T.A.. 2008. Nutritional management for enteric methane abatement: a review. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 48:21. doi:10.1071/EA07199 - DOI

[9] Beauchemin, K.A., Ungerfeld E.M., Eckard R.J., and Wang M.. 2020. Review: Fifty years of research on rumen methanogenesis: lessons learned and future challenges for mitigation. Animal 14(S1):s2–s16. doi:10.1017/S1751731119003100 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Beauchemin, K.A., Ungerfeld E.M., Eckard R.J., and Wang M.. 2020. Review: Fifty years of research on rumen methanogenesis: lessons learned and future challenges for mitigation. Animal 14(S1):s2–s16. doi:10.1017/S1751731119003100 - DOI - PubMed

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