Tag: the dairy industry

is an important contributor of greenhouse gases in the U.S. farms are responsible for 1.5 percent of the country’s estimated total greenhouse gas emissions. farms are also responsible for other types of air pollution, including an estimated 19 to 24 percent of the country’s total ammonia emissions.

Animal Welfare and M. W. FOX The Institute for the Study of Animal Problems 2100 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 ABSTRACT Although cow plays an integral role in the ecology of sound food production, its welfare, as well as ec- onomic efficiencies and soundness of food production under modern industrial- scale systems of management, are ques- tioned.