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Dairy cows munch on reject chocolate and lollies that would have gone to landfill

One of south-east South Australia's biggest dairy producers is feeding his cows chocolate and lollies to improve their milk production while also reducing waste that would otherwise have gone to landfill. 

James Mann runs more than 4,000 head of cattle at Wye, south-east of Mount Gambier.

Rather than feeding his cows sugar for energy, as some dairy farmers do, he is feeding them the rejects from Mondelez's confectionery factories in Melbourne.

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