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The bull**** that people post about cattle or animals increasing greenhouse gases, is mostly bull****. The amount released by cattle is so minimal compared to numerous other things. It irritates me when people attack an industry that, yes, is somewhat responsible for the increase in greenhouse gas emissions but without the ag industry the world would literally starve to death.
I've been seeing on facebook several posts shared by production medicine friends about how emissions have been mildly to moderately reduced during COVID lockdowns, and how none of that reduction has been due to the reduction of production animals during March, April, and even May. I haven't personally looked too deeply into that, though due to online rotations. But right now is definitely a good time to look at data to really see the effects of ag on climate compared to other factors.