“No mention of the highest taxes in the nation and high regulations on these farmers.Let’s not tell the truth. That would be too easy.”
And just how do you know this? Please provide some specifics! Most regulation on farming is at the Federal level, so show us where the State is involved. As the article points out, California is THE LARGEST DAIRY STATE in the country! Where are you going to get your milk if it goes bust? You must be a sorry excuse for a human being if you relish this kind of personal distress, but it appears that you do!
Vette 6387, I can’t tell whether you live in CA as you have not identified a state of residence. I do live in CA, and I can tell you that dairy farmers are being pushed out of this state by both population expansion, state regulation and state taxes.
The San Gabriel Valley used to be full of dairy farms. I worked in an electronics company located on Arden Drive in El Monte which was formerly the Arden Dairy ranch. Those dairies then moved out to Chino. Once Interstate 15 was built, tract homes were built surrounding the dairy ranches. So, the dairy farms moved farther out to areas in the Hemet Valley where once again tract homes are being built next to the ranches.
As with the agricultural farming in the Central Valley which is being driven out by absurd State of California water regulations, so too will the CA dairy ranches eventually migrate out of state. Just one more industry killed by CA politicians.
As a farmer myself this makes me want to cry.
The drought this summer has devasted a lot of corn,soybean,
and alfalfa fields.Know a guy who raised alfalfa in
Arizona for sold to California dairies.Said hes glad
he sold the farm 8 years ago and moved here to Tn
We`re seeing the slow death of agriculture in California
” Most regulation on farming is at the Federal level, so show us where the State is involved.”
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/dairy/proposed_regs.html