On: Researchers successfully potty-train cows

[apetresc]

I'm guessing by having them poop somewhere not outdoors, where the methane can be contained somehow.

(Not that that matters - the bulk of beef cattle can barely move, it's not like factory farms have space for designated potty areas or something).

[jandrese → apetresc]

Or just having them poop on a grate that goes down to a sewer system.

Training beef cows seems like something of a waste of time since they get slaughtered so young. Milk cows however could be worthwhile.

[hinkley → jandrese]

Walking on grates wearing shoes is one thing. Walking on grates wearing hooves is something else entirely. Especially if you want to make the holes big enough for cow patties - which are high in fiber - to fall through.

In fact there's a device for letting cars through but not cows that is basically a grate you put on the road. The fence comes up to the grate on both sides and there is no gate. You just drive over the grate.

[tgsovlerkhgsel → apetresc]

Also IIRC a majority of the methane is from burps.