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Doing More with Less: Looking at the contributing factors and impact of dairy farm consolidation

February 29, 2024 10:54 AM

The latest Census of Ag shows that the U.S. has lost nearly 40 percent of its dairy farms since 2017, underscoring the impact of high milk production costs.

Lucas Fuess with RaboResearch spoke with RFD-TV’s own Tammi Arender on contributing factors to the consolidation, the impact of milk production, and big takeaways from the census.

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