National Ag News
Economist suggests farm bill examine two separate dairy policies
Jun 1, 2017, 17:17 PM
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A University farm economist says it might be time to evaluate farm bill dairy policies based on the size of the farm. Ohio State Ag Economist Carl Zulauf tells Brownfield that USDA’s Economic Research Service figures show the total cost of producing a hundredweight of milk varies about 55% between large and small herds. “For farms of less than 50 dairy cows in their herd, the total cost of production is about $47-dollars per hundredweight.
