Milk goes 'green': Today's dairy farms use less land, feed and water

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 07:57 in Biology & Nature

Dairy genetics, nutrition, herd management and improved animal welfare over the past 60 years have resulted in a modern milk production system that has a smaller carbon footprint than mid-20th century farming practices, says a Cornell University study in the Journal of Animal Science (June 2009)...

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