By-Product Use in California Dairy Feed Has Vital Sustainability Implications
Published in ARE Update, 2020
Recommended citation: Somerville, Scott, Daniel A. Sumner, James Fadel, Ziyang Fu, Jarrett D. Hart, and Jennifer Heguy. “By-Product Use in California Dairy Feed Has Vital Sustainability Implications.“ARE Update 24(2) (2020): 5–8. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics https://s.giannini.ucop.edu/uploads/giannini_public/8a/27/8a27ab6f-a905-495a-9cd9-49d27cde3c51/v24n2_2.pdf
Milk cow feed rations in California include a huge variety of byproduct feeds that contribute a substantial share of nutrition. Byproduct 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.