America’s dairy farms are disappearing — milk-price rules
Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40,” Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene County, Tennessee, told me with a tinge of sadness. That was six years ago. Today, only 14 dairy farms remain in […]
America’s dairy farms disappearing amid rising costs, pricing issues
America’s dairy farms are rapidly disappearing due to rising operational costs and pricing challenges, with small and mid-sized farms being hit hardest as they struggle to compete with large-scale producers and fluctuating milk prices in the global market. Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I remember when we had over 1,000 […]