Year Awarded 2022
FFAR award amount $455,704
Total award amount $914,543
Location State College, PA
Program Seeding Solutions
Matching Funders Purina Animal Nutrition
Enteric methane is the single largest source of direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the beef and dairy sectors, representing 2.5% of total U.S. GHG emissions. Led by Dr. Alexander N. Hristov, researchers are investigating using a non-synthetic form of an anti-methanogenic compound, 3-nitro-1-propionic acid (3-NPA), derived from plant and fungal sources as a feed additive to reduce enteric methane in ruminants.