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Number of dairy farms in operation across the country as of 2022, down from more than 648,000 in 1970, reflecting a mass consolidation in the industry driven by rules around milk pricing and efficiencies of large-scale production. Today more than 60 percent of all milk production occurs on farms with more than 2,500 cows.

(The Conversation — Sept. 16, 2024)
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