Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42).
Note
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 21, 2020).
Summary
The number of licensed U.S. dairy herds fell by more than half between 2002 and 2019, with an accelerating rate of decline in 2018 and 2019, even as milk production continued to grow. Production has been shifting to much larger but fewer farms, and that shift shows no sign of slowing. Larger operations realize lower costs of production, on average, and those advantages persist.
