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desire to reduce their negative impacts and
increase their benefits to the environment.
However, producer decisions are necessarily
driven by the profitability of production. Farm-
level mitigation practices will be adopted to
reduce nutrient losses to the environment, but
this must be done while maintaining a profitable
livestock industry.
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