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Topic: dairy farms

Cows queuing for their midway milking at United Dreams Dairy, in North Freedom, Wisconsin on May 8, 2024. (Matthew Ludak for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The decline of American dairy farms

Elizabeth Eckelkamp - The Conversation
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How much water does big dairy use?

Twilight Greenaway - Civil Eats
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue speaks during a forum April 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ag advocates hit back at Sonny Perdue

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams
attle in drylot at Threemile Canyon Farms in Oregon. (Photo CC-licensed by Friends of Family Farmers.)

Oregon paving the way for mega-dairies?

Lynne Terry - Civil Eats
(Kimberley Hasselbrink / Civil Eats)

A growing thirst for U.S. dairy

Lynne Terry - Civil Eats