Fundamentally Flawed Approach: California proposes plans for tighter dairy water quality requirements

California has announced plans to tighten water quality requirements for the state’s dairies. The proposed rules would limit nitrogen discharge for dairies spreading waste on land.

The California Farm Bureau argues that the regulation would only increase the tightened costs that dairy farmers face every day.

The Farm Bureau and other dairy organizations have submitted a letter to the state water board asking for an alternative to what they say is a fundamentally flawed approach.

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