Sustainable & Grass-Based Dairy
Guides on grass-fed dairy, regenerative dairy, environmental footprint and organic dairy.
Grass-Fed Dairy
- Pasture vs. Confinement: What the Data Say About Welfare, Emissions, and ProfitabilityEach system wins on something different, and the honest answer depends on your herd, land and goals.
- Postgrazing Sward Height and Milk Production: Getting the Residual Right in Supplemented HerdsGrazing a paddock too tight costs milk solids you do not get back, even when supplements are in the parlor.
Regenerative Dairy
Guides in this section are being added.
Environmental Footprint
- Carbon Contracts for Dairy Producers: What to Read Before You SignA carbon contract is a long-term legal agreement about your land and your records, so read it like one.
- Consumer Perceptions of Dairy: What "Sustainable" Actually Means to BuyersShoppers and farmers use the same word and often mean different things by it.
- Enteric Methane and Genetic Selection: The Practical Path to a Lower-Footprint Holstein HerdGenetics will not fix methane alone, but it is the one tool that compounds with every calf crop.
- Methane and Genetics: Can Selective Breeding Produce Lower-Emitting Holstein Cows?Methane output is moderately heritable, and Canada already publishes a national evaluation, but accuracy is still limited.
- Water Footprint of Milk Production: Where the Gallons Actually GoThe water a cow drinks is a small slice, because most of milk's footprint is the feed behind it.
Organic Dairy
Guides in this section are being added.