Industry leaders and stakeholders from across the dairy value chain discussed priorities, best practices, challenges and work and considered opportunities that align U.S. dairy and collectively put the industry on a path to providing sustainable solutions for people and planet during the recent 2023 Dairy Sustainability Alliance Spring Meeting.

The EPA is considering rescinding a 2019 reporting exemption of air emissions from animal waste.

The FDA guidance provides largely voluntary labeling of some plant-based beverages sold as dairy alternatives.

To paraphrase Peter Drucker, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. Ever since the business guru shared his words of wisdom, the principle has become integral to effectively running an organization. But who knew it also applies to animal agriculture, methane emissions and global warming?

The U.S. Department of the Interior on March 30 published a proposal that could shift priorities on 245 million acres of public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The rule would likely mark a sizable shift in BLM practices; according to an agency statement, it intends to put “conservation on equal footing with other uses,” which it says is “consistent with the BLM’s multiple use and sustained yield mission.”

Tyson Foods, one of the largest food companies in the country, introduced earlier in March the first-of-its-kind Climate-Smart Beef Program to promote climate-smart agricultural practices and create value for beef producers along the way.

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