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It's milk with the same safety, same high-quality and better for the environment.

When cows eat, they naturally produce methane as a byproduct.

Methane is a greenhouse gas in the environment and any opportunity to reduce these emissions has a big impact on the health of the planet. Farmers have looked for ways to improve their environmental footprint for years and made significant progress – now, they have a simple solution to help them do even more. 

Bovaer is a feed ingredient that works on a dairy cow’s digestive process to reduce methane production. 

Bovaer only affects the methane they create, not the cow itself - so it does not affect the safety or quality of the meat you eat or the milk you drink. 

It's milk with the same safety, same high-quality and better for the environment.

Bovaer Facts

Safe

Bovaer only affects the methane they create, not the cow itself – so it does not affect the safety or quality of the meat you eat or milk you drink.¹

Studied

The safety of Bovaer has been rigorously tested for 15 years with more than 110 peer reviewed scientific studies.

Proven

Bovaer is available in 70 countries, including across the EU and UK; and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light after a multi-year review.

Impact

Adding Bovaer to the diets of just half of the dairy cows in America would be the environmental equivalent of planting over 200 million trees².

Frequently Asked Questions

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BOVAER

Caution:  Do not feed undiluted. For use in feed for lactating dairy cows only.

Directions for Use: Thoroughly mix Bovaer 10 into a total mixed ration at 540‐720 g/ton of complete feed (100% dry matter basis) to provide 27.2‐36.3 mg 3‐nitrooxypropanol per pound (60‐80 mg per kilogram) of dry matter intake.  Feed continuously to lactating dairy cows. 

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