Dairy farms are struggling to survive as production costs exceed sales. The result, consolidation, with more cows on bigger ...
US dairy farms are disappearing, down 95 percent in terms of numbers since the 1970s—milk price rules are one reason why.
On average, that meant a single cow that produced 24,000 pounds of milk brought in about $4,457. Yet, it cost $6,192 to ...
The number of dairy farms in the United States has declined 95% since the 1970s, with factors including rising costs of ...
Beef-on-dairy breeding has revolutionized the U.S. cattle industry, shored up dwindling fed-beef cattle supplies, and added ...
More evidence of tighter cattle supplies is coming out of Ireland, where beef and dairy dispersals are rife. Irish Food Board ...
such as cattle feed, farm labor, veterinary care, fuel and equipment costs. Researchers at the University of Tennessee in 2022 compared the price received for milk across regions against the ...
Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of ...
Along with these improvements in production came increased costs of production, such as cattle feed, farm labor, veterinary ...
The impacts of climate change, particularly high heat, are impacting milk production and the revenue of the small farmers ...