Organic Dairy Farm Manages Manure and Water to Provide Great Milk and Reduce Methane – Aug 3, 2017

North Bay dairy farmers are trying innovative ways to reduce methane – a potent greenhouse gas.

Earlier this week we visited the orchards of Torrey and Lucy Olson with a group of legislators and aides and conservation district leaders. Today, the group visits a local dairy farm where one farmer is managing manure with simple and effective techniques, as Steve Mencher reports.

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