Dairy veterinary teams, marketing personnel and sales representatives servicing dairy producers understand some of the national trends causing consolidation of dairy operations into larger and fewer farms. Still, milk production for the domestic market continues to increase steadily.
A new report by Eric Njuki with USDA’s Economic Research Service presents the substantial structural change in dairy operations and their concentration in relatively few states.
Source: The Bullvine, February 28, 2022. Link. Njuki’s report sites critical questions upon which new insights are generated.
Also see: Why the world is a better place with dairy cows, Undeniably Dairy, April 6, 2021. Link. Dairy encompasses the 6 billion people who eat and drink its products annually, as well as the 600 million people who live and work on the world’s 133 million dairy farms. Plus, 1 billion people rely on the dairy sector to support their livelihoods and communities.