kickinbull
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Does anyone live near that area? Seems to be a lot of dairy farms for sale on DR. Did they lose thier market for milk? Realestate cameras paint a nice pic. lol.
kickinbull":kt9csl8b said:Does anyone live near that area? Seems to be a lot of dairy farms for sale on DR. Did they lose thier market for milk? Realestate cameras paint a nice pic. lol.
jasonleonard":2goomm13 said:TB....What caused the downfall of the Texas dairy business, cheap milk, the drought?
TennesseeTuxedo":1hxijoc9 said:jasonleonard":1hxijoc9 said:TB....What caused the downfall of the Texas dairy business, cheap milk, the drought?
Silly man, haven't you heard by now? It's Bush's fault.
My understanding of it(a lot of the CA dairymen and the TX dairymen are the same people) is that in TX the regulation is the same but it's cut and dry as in if you conform the first time around then you're set for awhile whereas here in CA they'll change the rules while you're halfway through some huge project to comply with yesterday's rules.TexasBred":aq1lc05b said:and you don't have nearly as much expense complying with the TNRCC requirements for waste and waste water.
BrahmaHolsteinCross":3smrc3h3 said:I still go through Hamilton County from time to time. There are still 5 or 6 operating dairies there, one is an all Jersey dairy right outside of Hico. I think at one time when the county was #6 in the state there was around 40 dairies operating. I bought a lot of bottle calves back in the late 90's around there. Most of them ran Brahma bulls with their cows, which was right up my alley. Its sad because nearly all of the old facilities are still standing, just a forlorn reminder of better times.
TexasBred":33ss8co1 said:BrahmaHolsteinCross":33ss8co1 said:I still go through Hamilton County from time to time. There are still 5 or 6 operating dairies there, one is an all Jersey dairy right outside of Hico. I think at one time when the county was #6 in the state there was around 40 dairies operating. I bought a lot of bottle calves back in the late 90's around there. Most of them ran Brahma bulls with their cows, which was right up my alley. Its sad because nearly all of the old facilities are still standing, just a forlorn reminder of better times.
Yessir, plenty of that just about everywhere there was once a thriving dairy industry. Johnson County is the same way....East Texas even worse. A lot of empty operations in Stephenville as well and increasing every week.