Dairy farming is dying. After 40 years, I’m done

Washington Post ^ | Dec 21, 2018 | Jim Goodman

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After 40 years of dairy farming, I sold my herd of cows this summer. The herd had been in my family since 1904; I know all 45 cows by name. I couldn

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[CarmichaelPatriot]

Big Soy is to blame for fueling the whole lactose intolerance; movement.

[Perseverando]

Despite this, I hung on, but I couldn’t continue milking cows indefinitely. Perhaps it’s for the best. A few years before we sold our herd, we had to install huge fans in our barn — the summers were getting too hot for the cows to be out during the heat of the day. Climate change would have made our future in farming that much harder. We could have adapted, I think, but we ran out of time.

Got out just in time before the sky collapsed and fell on the cattle. /sarc

[yldstrk]

I don’t know what made our food inedible, but I can’t do wheat, dairy, soy, apples, oats or almonds.

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I don't recall having a problem with milk growing up, but now, within the past 10 or so years, I very definitely have a problem. One glass of milk and my stomach is rumbling for a day or two.

This stuff below solves the problem.

[SaveFerris]

[Climate change would have made our future in farming that much harder]

And now, the real reason for this article.....good catch

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"A few years before we sold our herd, we had to install huge fans in our barn — the summers were getting too hot for the cows to be out during the heat of the day. Climate change would have made our future in farming that much harder."

Lol! Does it actually say that at the link?

[Sparky1776]

Sounds like he milked it long enough.

[bert]

My wife has a similar experience.

Big soy apparently results after the fact, not before

More butter for me

[onona]

45 cows ? You'd be lucky to clear 170k before expenses.

So you'd better have mighty few expenses.

[Bell Bouy II]

SSDD wait a few years and the OPINS will flip 180

[G Larry]

I knew I could count on my fellow FReepers!

[Izzy Dunne]

The herd had been in my family since 1904; I know all 45 cows by name.

If your cows are 114 years old, maybe that's the problem.

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“A few years before we sold our herd, we had to install huge fans in our barn — the summers were getting too hot for the cows to be out during the heat of the day. Climate change would have made our future in farming that much harder.”

It does say this at the link! Lol!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/dairy-farming-is-dying-after-40-years-im-out/2018/12/21/79cd63e4-0314-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5477da049a25

Should have known.

[sparklite2]

Dairy farming is little more than hard work and possible economic suicide

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That’s why taxpayers should fund dairy farmers to over-produce so the government can buy and store cheese and throw away milk. Oh, wait, we already do that. The economic suicide is the national debt used to pay for such silliness.

[SaveFerris]

One guy kept telling me I couldn’t drink milk as an adult.

While I bought one or two gallons of whole milk a week or so.

Still love it.

I had a problem 30 years ago after an extended illness. I kept going after it. A difficult period of months but eventually all returned to normal. During that period, even vanilla ice cream was a problem.

[Aussiebabe]

Another fake news story. Notice he had only 45 cows and went into the organic milk industry. The climate change with the fans made it laughable.

[simpson96]

bookmark

[Blue Jays]

"...Lactaid..."

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I simply think it actually tastes *better* than traditional milk.
The fact it results in a longer “fresh by” date is also convenient.

[mdmathis6]

?Diverticuli?