Those are the operations driving ours out of business.
No way to earn a living with a couple kids and a hired man or 2, farming
5-800 acres and milking 80 cows. Not against the efficiency of a 5k head
herd, buying railcars of feed. Only a few people using turntables and other automation.
Is it bad, or evolution?
Both.
Two years ago we saw the affect of centralized food production.
Issues in 3 100 head milking herds are no big deal.
Same with a diary that serves 50 of those farms.
Little bump in the road.
Let 3-5 10k head herds get shut down and it's a problem.
Same with the Chobani plant.
Milk, cheese, yogurt....no huge deal if it became scarce for a bit.
But butter? :cry
No idea just what else might be affected.
Last edited by Dillonbuck; 11/27/22.
