National Ag News
Smaller dairy farms trying to hang on
Apr 16, 2019, 15:49 PM
by
Ann Gregson
Many small dairies are trying to hang on as depressed milk prices force more producers to exit the business.
Steve Anderson milks about 70 holsteins near Foley in central Minnesota.
“Since (the 2014) Farm Bill, when the price went down I guess in January of that period, we lost half our income. And we’ve been at that level now up to today.”
Dairy farmers, processors, and several area lawmakers met
in Greenwald, Minnesota Tuesday to discuss possible solutions to low milk
prices.
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