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A look at consolidation in the US A2 big business in Brazil Heat stress in non-milking animals Late-gestation heifers and heat stress Biogas systems gaining momentum Measuring animal emotions


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COVER STORY


Snorri Sigurdsson, senior project manager at Arla Foods, gives us an inside view of the dairy sector in China. He tells us about its rapid development and the major changes taking place.


16 FARM REPORT


A2 milk is big business in Brazil. Santa Rita Farm, founded in 1945 in Descalvado city, Brazil, is internationally prized for its A2 milk. The farm also processes its milk into a number of dairy products.


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HEALTH Heat setting off alarm bells in East Africa.


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