Dollars & Sense Carbon Hoofprints

Dairy Today’s Dollars and Sense contributors discuss their farms’ approach to reducing carbon footprints.

By MILK Editors

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November 19, 2020 08:18 PM

Follow the links below to read the extended versions of Dollars and Sense from Dairy Today.

In Our Vocabulary
	Brian Medeiros and his parents own and operate a 2,300-cow herd in the San Joaquin Valley.

Making ‘Udder’ Sense
	Brad and Mark Crandall milk 260 cows on their fifth-generation farm.

Scare Tactics
	Ron Gibson milks 1,400 cows at his Green Acres family dairy near Ogden, Utah.

Higher Forage Quality
	Myers Dairy, in the Appalachian foothills, is home to 830 Holsteins and 700 replacements.

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