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The United States Trends in the Dairy Industry and Their Implications for Producers and the Environment by J. Mark Powell 1 , Michael P. Russelle 2 , and Neal P. Martin 1 Chapter 7 from the book, Livestock in a Changing Landscape, is being provided for your information by the authors, with permission from the publisher. This copyrighted material may not be reproduced in any other form without permission from the publisher. From Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 2 edited by P. Gerber, H. Mooney, J. Dijkman, S. Tarawali, and C. de Haan. Copyright © 2010 Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE). Reproduced by permission of Island Press, Washington, D.C. http://islandpress.org/livestock/ 1 U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, USDAAgricultural Research Service, Madison, WI 2 Plant Science Research Unit, USDAAgricultural Research Service, St. Paul, MN

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The United States 

Trends in the Dairy Industry and Their Implications  for Producers and the Environment by J. Mark Powell 1, Michael P. Russelle 2, and Neal P. Martin 1    

                                   Chapter 7 from the book, Livestock in a Changing Landscape, is being provided for your  information by the authors, with permission from the publisher. This copyrighted  material may not be reproduced in any other form without permission from the publisher.    From Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 2 edited by P. Gerber, H. Mooney, J. Dijkman, S. Tarawali, and C. de Haan. Copyright © 2010 Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE). Reproduced by permission of Island Press, Washington, D.C.   http://islandpress.org/livestock/  

 

 

1 U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA‐Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI 2 Plant Science Research Unit, USDA‐Agricultural Research Service, St. Paul, MN  

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