A handful of companies have taken over dairy production, pushing the prices paid to farmers well below the cost of production & encouraging overproduction.
This has forced most small & mid-sized dairy farms to close while large farms have grown larger.
http://www.foodandpower.net/2020/06/18/fewer-global-dairy-corporations-drive-overproduction-and-pollution-harming-small-farmers-report-finds/
This has forced most small & mid-sized dairy farms to close while large farms have grown larger.
http://www.foodandpower.net/2020/06/18/fewer-global-dairy-corporations-drive-overproduction-and-pollution-harming-small-farmers-report-finds/
Consolidation in the dairy industry hasn't just undermined rural economies - it's been bad for the environment too. The total combined emissions of the world's 13 largest dairy corporations rose by 11% in just two years.