Scott Somerville, Daniel A. Sumner, James Fadel, Ziyang Fu, Jarrett D. Hart, and Jennifer Heguy

from ARE Update Vol. 24, No. 2, Nov/Dec, 2020

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Abstract

Milk cow feed rations in California include a huge variety of by-product feeds that contribute a substantial share of nutrition. By-product use helps moderate feed costs, provides important income to by-product suppliers, frees Central Valley crop farm resources (land and water) for other uses, and reduces environmental consequences of waste.

Keywords

California milk industry, dairy rations, by-product feeds, almond hulls, cottonseed

Citation

Scott Somerville, Daniel A. Sumner, James Fadel, Ziyang Fu, Jarrett D. Hart, and Jennifer Heguy. 2020. "By-Product Use in California Dairy Feed Has Vital Sustainability Implications." ARE Update 24(2): 5-8. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1607970056/19926/