Danish Farmers Blame Bovaer For Collapsing Cows – Watts Up With That?

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By Paul Homewood

h/t Ian Magness

Worrying news from Denmark.

From TV2 Denmark:

https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2025-10-31-koeer-kollapser-siger-landmaend-og-mistaenker-lovpligtigt-foderstof

Below is the translation:

Cows are collapsing, say farmers and suspect statutory feed

Following dissatisfaction among cows with new feed, the national association demands clarification.
The substance Bovaer is intended to reduce cows' emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, which is emitted through the cows' burps. 
1 Nov at 09.24 By Berfin Erdem Several dairy cows are not thriving and are producing less milk. And in some cases they are collapsing. A controversial additive called Bovaer, which is to be mixed into the cows' feed, is suspected of being the cause of the problems. Several farmers say this, writes Jyllands-Posten on Friday. Since 1 October, farmers have started mixing the statutory additive into the cows' feed. The aim is to reduce the cows' emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, and Bovaer has previously been thoroughly tested over several years. Yet something seems to have gone wrong in the roll-out. - We have so many people calling us and are unhappy about what is happening in their herds, says Kjartan Poulsen, chairman of the National Association of Danish Milk Producers, to TV 2. The organization has now launched an investigation into the matter, he says.

Cows have been eating grass for eternity. Why mess with their diets now?


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