# Grazed and Confused? Ruminating on cattle, grazing systems, methane, nitrous oxide, the soil carbon sequestration question

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## status

reviewed

## id

src-garnett-2017-grazed-confused

## slug

garnett-2017-grazed-and-confused

## title

Grazed and Confused? Ruminating on cattle, grazing systems, methane, nitrous oxide, the soil carbon sequestration question

## authors

- Tara Garnett
- Cécile Godde
- et al.

## organisation

Food Climate Research Network, University of Oxford

## year

2017

## url

https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/grazed-and-confused

## sourceType

report

## studyType

review

## topicIds

- climate
- land-use

## pillarIds

- environment

## geography

Global

## keyFindings

- Grazing livestock can sequester some soil carbon, but the global potential offsets only a small fraction (estimated 20–60%) of grazing livestock's own emissions, and is time-limited and reversible.

## supportsClaimIds

- claim-grass-fed-beef-still-high-impact

## challengesClaimIds



## limitations

- Synthesis with acknowledged wide uncertainty ranges.

## quality

moderate

## Original sources