Dairy Redemption: giving calves more value and longer lives | Landline | ABC News

Dairy cows need to have calves to produce milk. But after they're born up to half a million a year become surplus to requirements in Australia.These 'bobby calves' have a short and grim future, and they're the dairy industry's Achilles heel. But change is coming: to give these calves more value and longer lives.
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