Climate change: Could a Daffodil diet for livestock help save climate?

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Tests have found daffodils could reduce livestock's methane production by about a third.

Scientists from Scotland's Rural College have successfully extracted a chemical from the flower called Haemanthamine.

It is now being tested at a number of farms - including one belonging to Andrew Evans, in Welshpool, Powys. Abi Reader, deputy president of farming union NFU Cymru, said the trial "offers a lot of promise" but said it is important that the process is properly assessed.

 

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