Impacts of Climate Change on Milk Production in the United StatesFootnote

^*The authors acknowledge the skilled assistance of Robert Norheim in providing geographic information systems analysis and maps used in this article, of Hye Jin (Jenny) Chang in gathering dairy industry data, and of the anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments on the article. This research was supported in part by the Climate Impacts Group and the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean under NOAA Cooperative Agreement No. NA17RJ1232.

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