By 2022, only 24,470 dairy farms were in operation. While the number of dairy farms has fallen, the average herd size—the number of cows per farm—has been rising. Today, more than 60% of all milk ...
Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. "I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40," Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene ...
Running a dairy farm isn’t easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. Photo by Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo) This story was originally published by The Conversation. Milton ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Running a dairy farm isn't easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall ...