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Federal incentives for dairy can enhance carbon-reduction efforts, NMPF's McCloskey says

from National Milk Producers Federation

Federal incentives for dairy can enhance carbon-reduction efforts, NMPF's McCloskey says National Milk Producers Federation Sharing how his own farm is evolving to carbon neutrality and how the dairy sector is aggressively moving to become carbon-neutral by 2050, Indiana dairy farmer Mike McCloskey highlighted ways federal incentives can further help dairy toward its net-zero emissions future. "For some reason, repurposing cow manure does not have the same shine as an array of solar panels or the grandeur of a wind farm on the horizon," said McCloskey, chairman of NMPF’s Environmental Issues Committee and a pioneer in carbon-friendly dairy-farming practices, in written testimony prepared for a hearing today of the House Committee on Agriculture's Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. READ MORE

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