Just ask any community threatened with the opening of a corporate hog farm. The proposed cooperative is bound to be more saleable to the public than a big corporate farm. It is incumbent on farmers and the dairy cooperative to be the best neighbors they can be, with appropriate care and concern for the environment. The community will, no doubt, be watching the new dairy to make sure it is in compliance with environmental standards. The dairy will include a totally enclosed free stall facility, complete with the technology to convert manure into a methane gas to provide electricity for the site.
Dairy farming is hard work.
365 days per year. Up to 20 full time employees will be hired initially to handle 750 head of cattle. Agribusiness is undergoing a multitude of changes. Farmers can either be a part of the change or watch it go by and be left behind. Smart farmers will make sure they are part of the metamorphosis.