Maybe Dairy Farms are on the decline as people retire and sell their operations.
This leads to consolidation & larger holdings with better pricing for the remaining dairy industries.
Here’s a scenario, a dairy farmer sends his children to college. After sitting in classrooms for 4-6 years, they decide the dairy business is “beneath them.”
They can receive better pay and compensation with less work, doing important stuff like scientific research for governmental-environmental regulatory companies.
It seems like many Americans want great pay for nonessential employment, while hoping a slave/grunt somewhere on the planet produces enough wealth for everybody. This model, the parasite model will fail every time and all the time, its unsustainable.
There is too much “do nothing” nonessential fat in the economy of the United States.
I was in the service with a dairy farmers son. He said his parents had never taken a vacation. Ever.
He wasn’t going back either.