Greenhouse Gas

The United States produces and consumes more beef than any other country. But Americans have been eating less beef since the 1980s — and China has been eating much more.

By planting clusters of hardy, nutritious plants on grazing lands, ranchers can reduce the greenhouse gases cattle produce, draw carbon from the atmosphere, and improve the diets of their herds.

Nitrous oxide emissions across the globe are rising at an accelerating rate. Read on to learn more about this greenhouse gas and how the agricultural industry in Cache Valley and globally contributes to the problem.

As lawmakers returned to the Capitol this week, they found copies of The Utah Roadmap, a paper aimed at developing policies — or mileposts — to improve…