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Feed rations account for more than half of the cost of milk production; this number varies depending on the price of milk and feed. How dairies meet feed challenges determines, to a large extent, the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the dairy industry.
Conventional wisdom would suggest that shipping hay bales long distances is not practical. Transport and handling costs for bulky forage products make their production close to livestock more rational than exporting it halfway around the world.
