The problem with dairy farming is that it is hugely capital intensive because the goal posts are being constantly moved, very small scale dairy farms are just not able to both generate an income and enough surplus to pay for the upgrades required by the purchaser . Some people like these guys can and do move into niche markets however for most people they don’t have that option. We have gone from small scale to 45 cows to medium sized 180 cows over the last 10 years and aside from land purchase most has been done from cash flow so it has been a slow and incremental increase . We also had family labour available and willing to grow the operation, we looked at alternatives like goat milk and sheep milk etc even organic dairy farming however none of these options proved stable and profitable enough to justify the cost of conversion in our situation, leaving us with the only option being expansion and we will probably continue to expand to c. 300 cows producing c. 200 tonnes of milk solids per annum provided we can secure the land required to achieve this. Regards from Ireland
I remember when we did the same thing on my Uncles farm ..... the place changed. Sure, the workload was lighter, and we had free time.... Time to devote to other projects.....But..... well, you will know what I mean.... Good luck with your future plans
@@countryfarming9839 dang, too bad. If your were in a state that allows raw milk you could have kept the cows and made a very good living selling raw milk,
Theres nothing like milking cows ,,its so sad to see farms going down hill or selling out,,,im not saying thats what they are doing ,,it just a fact of life and you can see it
The problem with dairy farming is that it is hugely capital intensive because the goal posts are being constantly moved, very small scale dairy farms are just not able to both generate an income and enough surplus to pay for the upgrades required by the purchaser . Some people like these guys can and do move into niche markets however for most people they don’t have that option. We have gone from small scale to 45 cows to medium sized 180 cows over the last 10 years and aside from land purchase most has been done from cash flow so it has been a slow and incremental increase . We also had family labour available and willing to grow the operation, we looked at alternatives like goat milk and sheep milk etc even organic dairy farming however none of these options proved stable and profitable enough to justify the cost of conversion in our situation, leaving us with the only option being expansion and we will probably continue to expand to c. 300 cows producing c. 200 tonnes of milk solids per annum provided we can secure the land required to achieve this. Regards from Ireland
I remember when we did the same thing on my Uncles farm ..... the place changed. Sure, the workload was lighter, and we had free time.... Time to devote to other projects.....But..... well, you will know what I mean.... Good luck with your future plans
It sucks but Ik we can do better with the goats. Thanks for watching
Great herd. What is next for the farm?
We will be milking dairy goats
This country had all small family farms.Sad to see what’s happened to this country in the past 40 years!!!!
Where do you guys farm at?
Wi
What are you plans for the milk barn and farm. You want to less out
Sorry to see this happening,hope you do good with the goats.
Thanks, we're going to give it a shot.
A little saddened to see them go.
Looking forward to the new farming chapter.
Yes it is
What's next for the farm
To milk goats
What state are you in?
Wisconsin
@@countryfarming9839 dang, too bad. If your were in a state that allows raw milk you could have kept the cows and made a very good living selling raw milk,
I hate to see small family farms go by the way side
Will be our farm possibly this year for sure next year going to just cash cropping
Cash cropping isn't any better with prices especially with trump's tariffs coming on!!!!
@@tederdmann2993 wheat barley corn soybeans and selling hay
@@tederdmann2993 man i dislike trump so much
Why are you selling the cows ?
So we could make room to milk goats
How many goats are u going to milk what are h doing with the milk
@ we are going to milk around 150 goats and ship it
Theres nothing like milking cows ,,its so sad to see farms going down hill or selling out,,,im not saying thats what they are doing ,,it just a fact of life and you can see it
It is sad to see a lot of nice farms sit empty. But we are not going to let our barn sit empty because we are going to milk goats
@countryfarming9839 I hope all works out the way you plan ,,I know a lot of farm's are milking goats
@@warneckefarm6812 I hope it does to thanks for supporting us.
This sucks to see
Yes it does but milking goats will be better for us