Peterson: Time, conditions might be right for beginning dairy farmers
28 Dec 2019
McLeod
After the difficult few years that the nation’s dairy farmers have been through, Collin Peterson said many might be skeptical of the advice he shared with First District Association members.
“People have given me a hard time for saying this, but I think if you’re a young person, and you want to get into dairy, there has never been a better time, in my opinion,” Peterson said. “And I’ve been around this business for 40, 50 years. There’s never been a better time to get into this business than now, if that’s what you want to do.”
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