Posted by Hal/Eastern Washington on January 02, 2012 at 16:24:22 from (71.213.249.231):
In Reply to: Re: Land purchase posted by Mike (WA) on January 02, 2012 at 15:25:17:
Mike, I don't know where you live, but around here I believe all of the smaller dairies have closed. And some that milked 200+ cows also have closed. The milk price just isn't there to produce a living without huge volume.
I knew several families that had small dairies in the 60's and 70's. They did OK, but worked awfully hard all the time. Then regulations changed and their old style operations were required to be extensively changed for them to continue. A few farms invested lots of money to come into compliance, but most closed up their dairy operations.
Did you ever figure that you had dodged a bullet? The idea of dairying is appealing, but like lots of other farming occupations, it probably isn't an idea that you are glad you followed through on.
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