Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Running a dairy farm isn't easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall ...
Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. "I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40," Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene ...
George Woodard now raises beef cattle after closing his Waterbury dairy operation of 48 years. Photo by Sarah Andrews. Sarah Andrews is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the ...
That was six years ago. Today, only 14 dairy farms remain in Greene County, and there are only 125 dairy farms in all of Tennessee. Across the country, the dairy industry is seeing the same trend: In ...
Running a dairy farm isn’t easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. Photo by Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo) This story was originally published by The Conversation. Milton ...