Table 2.

Qualifications to Maine organic dairy producers’ willingness to adopt¹ a methane-reducing seaweed supplement.

Response Willing to adopt if…	Frequency2
There were benefits beyond methane	8
It is cost-effective	6
It specifically improves cattle health	2
It specifically improves milk production	2
The price and nutrients were equivalent to current kelp supplements	1
It helped attain CROPP3 climate goals	1

¹Willingness to adopt measured as response to survey question “If different types of seaweed supplements become available that would reduce the amount of methane emissions from your cows would you be interested in adding it to their feed?”

²Of the 35 producers asked this question, 6 unambiguously said no, 12 unambiguously said yes, and 17 gave qualifications to their response. The number of producers reporting a given response is from this group of 17. Producer responses can fall into multiple categories.

³CROPP refers to the Organic Valley farmer-owned cooperative.