Ag bankers say an oversupply of milk and efficient producers are changing the dairy landscape.
“For some, it’s time. For some, it’s tragedy.” Wisconsin banker Dave Coggins says about 500 dairies have closed their doors in his state this year.
Texas banker Kirk Thomas says about twenty years ago California dairy farmers relocated to his area in West Texas where today operations are milking about 2,000 cows. “I hate to say it, but much of that excess production is coming from dairies in our area.” He says producers aren’t under the same kind of stress as those in the Midwest at this point.
Continue reading Dairy farm numbers trending lower in the Midwest at Brownfield Ag News.
