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  • USDA Puts Northeast Organic Dairies at a Disadvantage

    Fay Benson

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    Raising an organic dairy heifer can be costly.  The first year of a dairy heifer’s life has the highest per day costs mainly due to the whole milk fed and labor required for young calves. This fact is the reason why the inaction of the USDA to close a known loophole in the National Organic Program (NOP) has allowed certain dairies to raise their young stock with conventional methods…

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