Posted 2/29/2024 21:45 (#10646148 - in reply to #10645590) Subject: RE: 65% of the Nation’s Dairy Herd Lives On 1,000-Plus-Cow Operations
SW Wisconsin
Inside of 15 years everybody's Ds will have been measured, and we'll start losing the dairies over 1,000 cows. Too far to haul manure out and feed in. With any luck that will result in a shortage of milk, and higher prices will open the door to more new, smaller dairies. Optimistic, but not crazy.