6 Mar 2025

Dairy | Kentucky’s dairy farms are disappearing; most milk at stores isn’t local. Why?

After more than 20 years as a dairy farmer, the numbers just didn’t add up anymore for Brian Hargis.

For months, costs had topped income from his herd of about 80 cows in northern Pulaski County.
His paycheck was $14 for each 100 pounds of milk, but with transportation, marketing and other costs, Hargis, 45, figured he would have needed at least $16 to break even.
He explored getting out of the business by selling his cows to another producer, but got no takers. So in October, he sold them for slaughter.

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