by CDRF News | May 12, 2023
UC researchers examine California dairy’s path to climate neutrality in new study. Davis, CA – A new peer-reviewed study published by researchers from the CLEAR Center at the University of California at Davis shows the California dairy sector is on target to reach the...
by CDRF News | May 12, 2023
— Courtesy California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), OEFI Dairy PLUS+ Program Announcements The Dairy Plus Program is a new program under CDFA’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation (OEFI). This program will award competitive grants to California...
by CDRF News | May 9, 2023
Courtesy of Dairy Cares Communications The California dairy sector is on a mission to innovate how manure is recycled—boosting water quality outcomes and soil health. An initial roadmap has been drawn. Several projects are already under way. Millions of additional...
by CDRF News | May 4, 2023
FROM THE CLEAR CENTER AT UC DAVIS, COMMUNICATIONS Quick facts: California is the leading dairy producer in the United States and is mandated to reduce methane emissions by 40% by 2030. Unlike carbon dioxide, which persists for hundreds of years, methane is a...
by Kevin Comerford | May 2, 2023
Environmental Management and Sustainability Methane emission, nutrient digestibility, and rumen microbiota in Holstein heifers fed 14 different grass or clover silages as the sole feed. Parnian-Khajehdizaj F, Noel SJ, Johansen M, Weisbjerg MR, Hellwing ALF, Højberg O,...
by CDRF News | Apr 14, 2023
Prepared by Ever.Ag Insights Tricolored Blackbirds are listed as a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act. This makes it unlawful to interfere with Tricolors that have begun nesting in forage fields. Dairy farms impacted by nesting Tricolors...
