Mike Hutjens

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Truth and consequences

Removing rBST from milk supply creates a ripple effect on supply, prices, environment

To produce the same amount of milk without rBST, Wisconsin farmers would need an additional 59,000 cows, 164,000 acres of cropland and 23.9 billion gallons of water.

Michael Hutjens is professor of animal sciences emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

Mike Hutjens

November 2, 2016

A professor of animal science explains BST and rBST and the effects on milk supply, retail prices and environmental issues when dairy farmers abandon rBST technology.

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Articles by Mike Hutjens

Removing rBST from milk supply creates a ripple effect on supply, prices, environment

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