Can anything be done?

Question

In my state, we had 6,700 farms in 1965. Now we are down to about 832 dairy farms. Is this happening where you live?

Answer 1

It's happening in Italy.The EU has limited milk production,most dairy farmers are selling off their livestock.Farmers are fighting the importation of fruit and veggies from North Africa and other countries...it's a mess.

Answer 2

This is happening is Australia because of the worst drought in a hundred. And it saddens me to see these poor farmers having to leave their homes, many have been in the family for generations. Generally, a lot of the young people brought up on farms go into the city looking for work. And I honestly don't know what the answer is. All I know is that our fruit and vegatable and dairy supplies are going to become more expensive, and harder to get. In a lot of countries.

Answer 3

Land development has taken over much of the former farm
land in some of the nearby rural counties. And housing de-
velopments have changed the scene. Now due to over build-
ing, many of these developments have houses for sale to
benefit the buyer. I saw this in the online newspaper just
yesterday. Last year, there was a building boom. And devel-
opers over estimated the need for housing to be much more
than it actually was. WIth the high cost for a new home today,
they are being priced out of the ball park for the majority. So
now they will be sold either at auction or reduced majorly
in price. So it's a buyers market for the moment.
This was in the counties near Portland, Oregon.

Answer 4

The same thing. The farms, dairies and orchards are being replaced with homes and Walmarts. Where do these people expect to get food in 20 years from now? Central Califonria

Answer 5

We have some alfalfa farms north of Las Vegas in the Moapa Valley. But, I have noticed the shrinking base of cattle ranches along Interstate-15 in the area east of Los Angeles as tract housing takes over more and more of the acreage.

Answer 6

Yes, and it's a national tragedy. Corporate farms and chickens with fat on their breasts should be outlawed. As a kid we raised broilers, 12 weeks 3,000 at a time rotated every 4 weeks. they lived in hen houses, not cages too small for them to turn around. In good weather there was a yard for them to play and dig in. They were taster, juicer and NOT covered in useless fat to raise the weight and price. We need to return to the days of the small farmers who took pride in their crops. Were not just looking for bigger profits.

Answer 7

i live in the garden state and that's getting to be a real joke, the big farms are now malls and housing developments.i have no idea where all these people are comming from!

Answer 8

I'm afraid it is, but we blamed it on tobacco, one of the (previously) primary crops here in Virginia. We still have cotton and soybeans have taken over some of the tobacco fields, and, of course, there's corn, and in the mountainous areas, there are Angus and turkeys and chickens, but agriculture is no longer the cash king. I think it's information technology now, and who needs land for that? It's now housing developments for the IT people. Scary.

Answer 9

Sad to say , but no money in farming. People work way to hard for very little pay. Food and milk are expensive ,but the farmer gets very little.<><

Answer 10

We also have mega farms where we used to have family farms. Farmers can't afford to be full time farmers any more, so they end up selling to large conglomerates.