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Environment & Waste Management
  1. National Dairy Manure Management Database

Environmental Issues

and Animal Welfare

Weather
North Dakota and regional weather information
North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN)
The Weather Channel
Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison Wisconsin
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University fo Illinois
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan
High Plains Regional Climate Center
National Weather Service

Industry
Learn more about the dairy industry:

  • Learn how dairy farmers use new technologies to conserve natural resources and protect the environment.
  • Take a virtual farm tour, browse the dairy dictionary and read how farm families care for their animals.
  • Learn the 10 quality steps America’s dairy farmers follow to ensure that their milk remains pure and wholesome.
  • Ask the farmer:  submit a question to learn more about modern dairy farming.

National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative

(Ocotber 2007) - The National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative is a producer-led coalition that includes members from every sector of the dairy industry. Over the next nine months, dairy producers will have an opportunity to review the draft principles and guidelines and provide their input via their co-op or industry association. Once the input is received, the coalition will finalize the principles and guidelines.