After watching recent election results and the legal and political wrangling, we Americans should never again doubt the value of our vote. Razor-thin margins and recounts show the power of an individual choice.
Individual choices are powerful in agriculture, too.
A single venture has greater impact than we realize. One average dairy farm supports 5 or 6 jobs in production, processing and marketing. Retail spending from that income creates at least one more job. Add it all up and the Minnesota dairy industry generates more than 53,000 jobs, according to a University of Minnesota study. Agricultural industries do not just impact agriculture.