Fewer large herds comprising a smaller total number of cows are keeping milk supplies level for now. Still, Montgomery said, we are in danger of becoming of a milk-deficit country. That's could happen within 10 or 15 years if the price the farmer receives doesn't stabilize. Even the times of higher prices can't pull many farmers out of the hole. During good times you play catch-up, and at times like now, you just get behind again.
Nobody appreciates where our milk comes from. .
Tennessee alone has lost 200 Grade-A dairies in the past two years. In 1960, the average person worked 14 minutes to buy a half-gallon of milk.