Mike Pearson takes a look at the changing dairy industry.
A study out of the University of Illinois by two researchers found some interesting trends when it comes to dairy farms. They examined the top 15 producing dairies.
The research broke the dairies into two categories: traditional and modern dairies.
This primarily meant the Midwest/Northeast dairies and the dairies that have started in the South/West in the last 30 years.
Traditional dairies are primarily are under 400 head (Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota).
While the average herd size is much…
