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<blockquote data-quote="Boot Jack Bulls" data-source="post: 1547649" data-attributes="member: 24016"><p>Sadly, this is far too real in my area. There is a 7 mile stretch I drive daily before reaching the highway. Of the farms on that road (not counting others I can see in the distance!) there are 13 dairy barns sitting empty and 3 in use as dairy farms. 4 more old falling down dairy barns on that stretch. Of the 3 in use today, 2 are Amish owned/run, and all are under 100 head. Most that have sold out have done so in the last 18 months. I suspect the one lone non-Amish dairy in the group will quit within the next year.... </p><p>I can say it is bad, but most will never understand. Many have lost everything. Some got out when the creameries started sending out suicide hotline contact info with the milk checks....it really did happen here. Between poor weather and dairies going out (hay ground is dug up for rental cash crops), it is almost impossible to find hay within 100 miles of me this year. The closest sale barn has taken a hard hit because there is no flow of bottle calves and kill cows coming off the small dairy farms anymore....</p><p>Conversely, there are a handful of 1000+ cow dairies within a short drive of me. They SEEM to be the only ones who can make it at dairy "farming" anymore. I have heard that Riverview (of MN, owns WULF cattle) is planning to add 10,000 cows a month to its various barns. They are also buying out the milk plants/creameries....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boot Jack Bulls, post: 1547649, member: 24016"] Sadly, this is far too real in my area. There is a 7 mile stretch I drive daily before reaching the highway. Of the farms on that road (not counting others I can see in the distance!) there are 13 dairy barns sitting empty and 3 in use as dairy farms. 4 more old falling down dairy barns on that stretch. Of the 3 in use today, 2 are Amish owned/run, and all are under 100 head. Most that have sold out have done so in the last 18 months. I suspect the one lone non-Amish dairy in the group will quit within the next year.... I can say it is bad, but most will never understand. Many have lost everything. Some got out when the creameries started sending out suicide hotline contact info with the milk checks....it really did happen here. Between poor weather and dairies going out (hay ground is dug up for rental cash crops), it is almost impossible to find hay within 100 miles of me this year. The closest sale barn has taken a hard hit because there is no flow of bottle calves and kill cows coming off the small dairy farms anymore.... Conversely, there are a handful of 1000+ cow dairies within a short drive of me. They SEEM to be the only ones who can make it at dairy "farming" anymore. I have heard that Riverview (of MN, owns WULF cattle) is planning to add 10,000 cows a month to its various barns. They are also buying out the milk plants/creameries.... [/QUOTE]
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