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Dairy farms are struggling to survive as production costs exceed sales. The result, consolidation, with more cows on bigger farms, has an impact on communities and knowing where your food comes from.
Synthetic milk offers dairy milk without the concerns such as methane emissions or animal welfare. But is it the whey forward?
A new study of dairying in Canterbury shows previous estimates vastly underestimate the impact of intensive farming. A 12-fold reduction in cow numbers could be needed to meet safe water standards.
A recent controversy over the consistency of butter reflects the need for evidence rather than anecdotal data.
Reopening prison farms is a great opportunity for Correctional Service of Canada to become a leader in innovative rehabilitation and reintegration. But a goat dairy operation isn’t the way.
Small-scale dairy farmers are struggling across the US – but in New Jersey they’ve developed a model that keeps their products and their customers local.
Pressure is mounting on Australia’s dairy farmers, from farm gate prices to animal welfare concerns, and technology that could produce milk without cows.
Countries that have phased out supply management systems in the dairy industry have seen an initial spike in production, then a steady decline. That’s why Canada should protect its dairy farmers.
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Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Professor, Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Guelph
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PhD Candidate, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University
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Morgan Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Freshwater Ecology and Environmental Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Zoology and Director, Program in Environmental Studies, Princeton University
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Professor of Cattle & Sheep Production Medicine, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, University of Windsor
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Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
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Assistant Professor, Social Innovation, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
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Associate Professor of Animal Science and Dairy Extension Specialist, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research , University of East Anglia
