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The Dairy Industry has a tremendous positive effect on the nation's health and economy. This can be through the production of whole milk by dairymen who humanely treat their cows and give them all the necessities of life or to the environmentally conscious way that modern dairy facilities are designed and operated. The final health positive is in the development of wholesome and nutritious products from nature's most perfect food, “Milk.” This section will have timely information on the advantages and benefits of a healthy dairy industry.
Dairy’s environmental impact then and now
Compared to 1944, we’re using just a fraction of the cows, feed, water, and land to produce 60 percent more milk. Our carbon footprint per gallon of milk is one-third as great.
by Jude L. Capper, Roger A. Cady, and Dale E. Bauman
PICTURE, if you will, a 1940’s farm . . . a small group of cows contentedly grazing, occasionally swishing their tails, their hides gleaming in the sunshine. In the background is a traditional gable-roofed red barn, chickens scratching in the dirt, and a team of horses plowing a field.
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