Posted by formerly ny bill on December 21, 2018 at 16:48:06 from (104.228.99.247):
In Reply to: Traditonal Farmer posted by rrlund on December 21, 2018 at 11:38:15:
my dairy herd has been gone since February. I am feeding and breeding the heifers that came from our cows until they are bagging, and then selling them. I have been here since 1980, but most of the herd traces back to my and my brother's 4-H animals from the '60s. I was a little sad to see them go, but ready to accept that it was time to slow down. one of my bigger regrets is the loss of business for all the service people and businesses that I helped support with the cows. I'm using enough of my farm to feed the heifers and have fields for a plow day in the spring for our tractor club. there were 7 farms shipping milk in about 6 miles along the river when we came here in 1980. We were the last to go. the rest of the 7 farms' land is used now by either a big dairy, or a corn/soybean farmer.
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