BROMIN - Bromoform for methane inhibition in cows
Reducing methane
Early in 2025, Seaweedland received a MIT-R&D subsidy along with Hortimare from the Dutch government for a two year R&D project for developing a process, where the methane reducing abilities of Asparagopsis seaweed is optimised. The focus of the project is to identify and improve bromoform content in different Asparagopsis strains, cultivating the most promising strains at a large scale and improving the retention of the active compounds in the seaweed.
The bioactive element, bromoform in Asparagopsis has been found to reduce the methane emissions of cows between 40 and 98%. Including a small amount of Asparagopsis as a supplement in cow feed, could act as a significant mitigation effort in greenhouse gas emissions as well as improving feed conversion efficiency in cows.
