Rising temperature decreases forage quality

Scientists found that plants growing in warmer conditions are tougher and have lower nutritional value to grazing livestock. This in turn can lower production output and increase methane output. Higher amounts of methane are produced when plants are tougher to digest. In the study, researchers from Scotland and Germany mapped the regions where methane produced by cattle will increase to the greatest extent as the result of reductions in plant nutritional quality.   Methane production is ge