I have to give props to anyone in the dairy industry. On average, dairy farmers are losing $5 per cow every single day. I can imagine that’s hard to wake up to in the morning, and undoubtedly, milking chores have become a lot less fun. To me, dairy farmers are our nation’s heroes, and I’m sorry that you are hurting right now. This story, “Dairy Famer Dumps Milk to Draw Attention to Low Prices,” was aired on Channel KARE 11 in Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minn. Unfortunately, dumping milk on the ground is a pretty sad way to get attention, but I thought I would share this on the blog today.

For Jan Morrow and her kids, dairy farming is a family affair. These days her family is hurting. Milk prices have plummeted since Christmas; dairy farmers taking the equivalent of a fifty percent pay cut compared to this time last year.

Morrow hears people say, “‘Well, you had record prices last year.’ Well we did, we also had record costs.”

She estimates her 50 cow farm near Cornell, Wisconsin is now losing $4000 a month. Like many dairy farmers she’s now borrowing money, going deeper into debt, just to feed her cows and pay her bills.

Read the entire article here.