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Dairies milking 500+ cows see largest decline in census
Apr 12, 2019, 12:26 PM
by
Ann Gregson
More than 20 percent of the nation’s dairy farms have closed
since the last census.
There were more than 39,000 dairy farms in the U.S. selling
milk in 2017, down more than 20 percent from the 2012 Census. USDA survey data
in 2018 says that number dropped an additional five percent last year with more
than 1,800 farms closing.
Herds milking more than 500 cows declined by more than 30
percent and made up nearly nine percent of dairy farms in 2017. Less than one percent of farms milked more
than 5,000 cows which was a new category in the census.
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