US: Low milk prices doesn’t stop growth

06-12-2018 | |
US farms are getting bigger. From 85 dairy cows per farm in 1995 to 234 in 2017. Photo: Henk Riswick
US farms are getting bigger. From 85 dairy cows per farm in 1995 to 234 in 2017. Photo: Henk Riswick
Many American dairy companies are struggling after a three year period of relatively low prices. Strikingly, the milk price is too high to make production drop, but too low to make a company profitable. For many years already, Wisconsin has been the number one dairy state of the United States (US). When it comes to total milk production California has taken over though, but Wisconsin is still the leading state in cheese production. And they are very proud of it. The state likes to position itse


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