What this article doesn't mention is that dairy products, - Truthhurts Posted: Nov 10th, 2019 - 7:31 pm In Reply to: Trump economy just keeps on Winning? - Smdh
especially, milk, is down because too many people think milk is unhealthy. They're drinking the nut, soy, or other plant-based milks instead of real milk.
Nearly half of the $88 billion that Wisconsin agriculture contributes to the state economy comes from dairy farms. But since 2014, the price farmers receive for their milk has fallen nearly 40%, due to overproduction and failing export markets. Dairy herds in the state are down 40% from a decade earlier, according to Wisconsin Department of Agriculture data.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/07/09/farm-aid-2019-coming-alpine-valley-music-theatre-wisconsin/1653227001/
Where's Willie Nelson when you need him? Remember Farm Aid? For years, the farmers were in trouble with foreclosures and the auctioning off their farms from mortgage debt. Nelson and Mellencamp brought family farmers before Congress to testify about the state of family farming in America. Congress subsequently passed the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to help save family farms from foreclosure
Now, it seems they are helping the dairy farmers. In 2020, he will perform in Wisconsin.
https://www.farmaid.org/
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