End of an era: Century-old family farm ends its dairy operation
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2019
- After economic depressions, recessions and two world wars, a Medina County dairy farm has called it quits after 125 years of operation, joining a list of hundreds of dairy farms that have closed across Ohio the past two years.
Prices will be going up up up…
In the past TWO years. Gee, what changed?
Price of milk plunged and that put a lot of small and medium sized dairy farms out of business. Even 10 years ago a dairy farmer told me that they were making the same amount as they did in the 80s, except that in the US expenses were way lower. It just got more and more difficult to make a profit.
Nothing. That's been the problem for 30 years.
Why you Americans dont adopt the the quota system we have here in Canada is beyond me , dont know one canadian dairy farmer singing the blues on the market
Not like Canada's qouta system really helped them much. Last I read,Canada has lost 60% of its dairy farmers since 1990 with more going out daily. Qouta system does help a little but when there's very few wanting to take over,aging farmers just keep going out while other emerge to get bigger.
My grandfather sold out in 1997. His father sold out in 1969. Both due to old age or bad knees. I wasn't old enough to take over at the time and gramp couldn't walk anymore. Most I know going out is age related. Yes,many due to financial issues but a lot more due to age
@@christyler7391their system helps a little while our system actively crushes us. I'll take a little help over a system constantly trying to put me under.
👏 👏 👏. Good job, keep closing them doors.
Why?
@@erickwardwell962 because dairy farms are nothing but torture chambers for animals for a product that does nothing but harm to humans and the planet. Sucks the little man has to be the first one out, but they should’ve seen the writing on the wall years ago and figured out a new plan 🤷🏾♂️
@@Truthteller100 I'm gonna take a gander here. You live out west? California maybe?
@@erickwardwell962 keep your day job. Being a psychic is not a job for you.
@@Truthteller100 so I take it that is a "yes"?
Good riddance to animal cruelty.
How is a dairy animal cruelty?
@@loganbeedy5950
How is stealing a baby and then milking cows to death cruel?
Errr duh!
Were you being ironic?
@@JoeRivermanSongwriter you don’t actually milk the cow to death
@@loganbeedy5950 you milk it until it's no use anymore. Do some research
@@JoeRivermanSongwriter a cow will eventually stop producing milk after some time (though it takes awhile) , they just produce less of it as they get older. We’ve been milking the same cows for the last 12 years and they still produce though not as much as they once did. But no point in getting new cows if ours are still producing