The newest video from the Wisconsin Milk Market Board series Dariy Impact has been released. The video is titled “Cows and Conservation” and features the impact dairy cows in Wisconsin have on the state’s environment and economy. This is an outstanding video series that producers or educators can use for presentations or events.

The “Cows and Conservation” video explains how dairy farming has contributed to Wisconsin’s leadership role in land and water conservation going all the way back to the turn of the century. Interviews with eight Wisconsin dairy producers highlight a number of environmental practices that protect our land and water resources such as creating natural buffer strips around streams and using no-till and contour strip cropping techniques. Innovative manure management technologies such as composting and on-farm bio-energy production are also described.