{"id":11034,"date":"2022-09-30t12:51:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-30t12:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/growing-soil-livestock-are-struggling-to-stomach-climate-change-might-bison-rumen-help\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03t21:06:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03t21:06:28","slug":"growing-soil-livestock-are-struggling-to-stomach-climate-change-might-bison-rumen-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/growing-soil-livestock-are-struggling-to-stomach-climate-change-might-bison-rumen-help\/","title":{"rendered":"growing soil | livestock are struggling to stomach climate change. might bison rumen help?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
gordon, neb. — south dakota state university research assistant anlly fresno rueda starts lab days at mcginley ranch with two kinds of green juice. one is a breakfast smoothie, to revitalize her body. the other is bison stomach fluid, to revitalize the ranching world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cit looks just like this,\u201d fresno rueda said, displaying the spinach smoothie at her workbench. <\/p>\n\n\n
on the ranch, home to the turner institute for ecoagriculture, fresno rueda is studying the nutrient-processing genetics of bacteria in bison rumen. the rumen is the largest compartment of the bison\u2019s gut. it contains bacterial colonies in its fluid, which break down the animal\u2019s natural diet of prairie grasses and vegetation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
a symbol of america\u2019s past, the bison is gaining interest from livestock researchers as they look toward a future of declining grassland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
since the turn of the century, extreme heat and lacking rainfall have ravaged the great plains<\/a>. as of late september, 50% to 80% of pasture and rangeland <\/a>in the plains is rated poor- to very poor-quality as a result of drought. two-thirds of regional cattle ranchers have reported selling parts of their herd due to inadequate feed, according to an american farm bureau survey.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n bison, meanwhile, demonstrate a unique resilience to climate change\u2019s effects on their diet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n the animal belongs to a family of herbivorous mammals with multi-part stomachs, known as ruminants. cows, sheep, goats, and yaks are also in the ruminant family. species in this family lack the gut enzymes necessary to break down grass and instead rely on internal colonies of bacteria to aid in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n