Extreme heat impacts dairy production, and small farms are most vulnerable

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Mar 18, 2025, 4:09 pm577 ptsHotTop
Livestock agriculture is bearing the cost of extreme weather events. A study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how heat stress affects U.S. dairy production, finding that high heat and humidity lead to a 1% decline in annual milk yield. Small farms are hit harder than large farms, which…

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