Answer: 1) How does beef production cause greenhouse gas emissions? The short answer: Through the agricultural production process and through land-use change. The longer explanation: Cows and other ruminant animals (like goats and sheep) emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, as they digest grasses and plants.
Explanation: https://www.wri.org/blog/2019/04/6-pressing-questions-about-beef-and-climate-change-answered#:~:text=1)%20How%20does%20beef%20production,they%20digest%20grasses%20and%20plants.