New Mexico dairy CAFOs drives hundreds of millions in health costs, study finds

New Mexico dairy CAFOs drives hundreds of millions in health costs, study finds

Air pollution from large, concentrated New Mexico dairy farms causes an estimated $217 million annually in health costs, with most of the toll coming from ammonia emissions that form dangerous particulate matter, according to a new study.   The pre-print study from the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics is the first to estimate the state’s dairy industry air pollution toll, and finds that the health costs of raising dairy cows in con…