Mana Mushrooms

Of course, that whole bit about lignin digestion and methane emissions is a bit beyond the depth of the article, but it has a cute(?) picture of a cow! :-)

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Plus, I love treehugger...

The SCIZERINM site has great information, but can be difficult to find, so I have a few links to them, especially to the specific pages of interest in the endeavor of downstreaming byproducts of mushroom cultivation to cattle, or ruminants. So far as I understand from conversation with those involved with the project, the ruminants involved are wild buffalo. In 2006, my understanding was that the buffalo had not demonstrated much interest in the SMS as a feed, but that it was difficult to gauge their interest; the people running SCIZERINM are not and did not want to be in a position of interfering with nature, forcing the buffalo to eat the ration. From other information on the website, I understand that ruminants will take up to 18% SMS in their TMR, or "total mixed ration" (often consisting of corn silage, dried brewer's grains, and other agricultural byproducts.

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