There still are a few around...but they are not the small family farm that you remember....I live in Lapeer Co, and a buddy of mine is an organic dairy farmer, around 100 head, 50-60 milking...he is in North Branch...there are 3-4 other conventional dairy farmers in his area...with about the same head count. I have one about a mile up the road with about a 100 head...then there is the dutch...there are 5-6 of the Dutch MEGA dairies up by elkton...they don't have storage tanks, they milk, chill & pump right into a waiting tanker...they milk around the clock with 3 shifts & rotary parlors...the cows never see outside..the small one is around 2500 head, and another just got approved to go to 7000-7500 head...there are several others in the 3000-5500 head range...you don't need 100's of 50-100 head dairy's when you can have 3-5 large mega dairy's like that...I travel Van dyke to work and pass several tankers every day, both ways...they drop an empty , pick up a full one & head to the processing plant, rinse & repeat...they buy /contract with the local farmers to grow feed for them, so a lot of the guys that were dairy farmers , a re growing feed for the BTO now...I do miss going by all the small operators , and seeing the diversity, and the different management styles....Oh well ....Shawn
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