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Climate change benefits negated by extreme heat

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Sensitivity of US dairy production to extreme cold and heat has diminished over recent decades in large part due to improvements in management, breeding and technology. These adaptations have benefited milk yield by reducing the vulnerability of dairy production to cold and heat stress.

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Fig. 1: Percentage change in US climatic extremes in maximum temperature (left) and minimum temperature (right).

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