Dairy Farmers Risk Running Out Of Processing Space
Sunday, September 17th, 2017 -- 8:27 AM
As milk production continues to increase in Wisconsin and the United States, officials say dairy farmers need to respond to market demands or risk running out of processing space.According to Wisconsin Public Radio, a new report by CoBank, an agriculture lender, estimates U.S. dairy processors would need to increase their capacity by 27 billion pounds of milk over the next 10 years if milk production continues to grow at the current rate.
John Holevoet, director of government affairs for the Wisconsin Dairy Business Association, said he expects production growth to slow down before the U.S. runs out of space.
Holevoet said farmers need to be more attune to the actual demand for milk instead of continuing to push for expansion.
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