The Archbold-Alltech Research Alliance was created between staff at Buck Island Ranch and researchers from the animal nutrition company, Alltech. The partnership is just beginning, but the overall goal is to increase the quality and quantity of beef produced in subtropical regions, while maintaining and enhancing the environment.

“We are trying to understand how individual plants species vary in digestibility and potential methane emissions and if nutritional interventions may affect digestibility,” says Sonnier.

Alltech research scientist, Dr. Shelby Roberts says, “This partnership presents a unique opportunity to demonstrate the complex relationship that exists between the ecosystems and cattle production systems and how both systems rely on the sustainability of the other to survive.”

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