USDA ARS study finds beef producers not major contributors to climate change

03/11/19 12:24 PM By Ben Nuelle

A new USDA Agricultural Research Service study finds greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. beef production and inputs are not “significant contributors” to climate change.

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