Handle with care – for safer cows, better farmers

Seth Truscott, WSU
May 10, 2015
May 10, 2015

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Seth Truscott, WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. – Educators at Washington State University are helping dairy farmers move their cows safely and humanely, thanks to a new training program.

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