Animal Agriculture and Climate: Separating Fact from Fiction

Testimony before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, U.S. Senate

Written statement provided by Frank Mitloehner, Ph.D.

Submitted by:

Frank Mitloehner, Ph.D.
Professor & Air Quality CE Specialist
Department of Animal Science
University of California, Davis
May 21, 20192

Animal Agriculture and Climate: Separating Fact from Fiction

Thank you, Chairman Roberts, Ranking Member Stabenow and Members of the Committee, for

inviting me today to discuss livestock and climate change.

As a professor of animal science and air quality specialist in cooperative extension in the

Department of Animal Science at the University of California, Davis, much of my work revolves

around studying the emissions of livestock in order to determine their contribution to air pollution

and climate change. My position at UC Davis puts me in the leading agricultural state in America,

where half of all U.S. produce and 20 percent of all dairy products are being produced. In addition,

California is fourth in terms of beef production in the United States…

Mitloehner Testimony to US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry