U.S. Loses 100,000 Dairy Cows in Last Year as More Dairy Farms Close

July 29, 2019 Jessie Higgins, UPI

“A lot of my friends and neighbors have exited the business,” said Jim Burdett, the owner of a small, family-owned dairy farm near Mercersburg, Pa. “We’re a dying breed, the small, family run operation.”