Dairies under tremendous financial stress

Dairies under tremendous financial stress

Continued low milk prices are causing a tremendous amount of stress on dairy farmers. 

Minnesota Department of Agriculture director of mental health Ted Matthews says dairy farmers don’t have many options when prices for the commodity they produce are depressed.

“With dairy, they can’t hold their product and hope that in six months or a year from now the price goes up, they’ve got to sell it right away. And because of that, it’s a constant.

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