Specifically, a Danish cow produces on average 6 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year. "We have succeeded in landing a compromise on a CO2 tax, which lays the groundwork for a restructured food ...

The average dairy cow in Denmark produces 5.6 tons of CO2 equivalent per year, according to Danish think tank Concito. That will equate to an annual tax of 672 kroner per cow—or roughly $96.

Caption Map of (scrambled) cattle farms (nodes) only with cattle movement records in January 2010. Links between nodes represent the trade movements and their thickness represents the number of ...

The move is expected to hit dairy farmers the hardest, given that the average Danish cow produces around six metric tons (6.6 tons) of CO2 equivalent each year, and pigs and sheep emit ...

Cows, sheep and pigs emit a surprising amount of greenhouse gases, making livestock farming one of the more polluting areas of agriculture. To account for this, Denmark has issued a tax on the ...