“Shade for cows increases milk production by 2 litres/day”

The Vonhoff family in the Australian Darling Downs region planted 20,000 trees on its dairy farm to address runoff and salinity problems. It boosted dairy production and is now worth US$40,430 a year for them. The Vonhoff family bought the dairy farm in Brymaroo 37 years ago. There were only about 100 trees left on the property at that time. “Our neighbouring property had some salinity problems,” David Vonhoff explains. “The water table rose to the surface and that also brought the salt