Animal Health and Food Security in Dairy Production

Dairy is an important commodity for the economy and provides critical nutrition to for our growing population. The U.S. dairy industry is committed to providing safe products while also optimizing the health and welfare of animals. This has been achieved by the dairy industry adopting a number of milk safety and quality procedures. Dairy operations across the U.S. also utilize precision technologies to monitor the health and welfare of animals. Learn more about sustainability in dairy production as it relates to food security and animal health in this information sheet:

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