Jacob C. Thompson
Quarter 3
Informational Writing
There are many cause of small family farms decreasing. The causes are the government and the USDA (United States department of agriculture) creating regulations that purposely take out small family farms, therefore these regulations cause extra expenses. and the aging farmer and their children not wanting to take over the farm. There are many causes of the huge decrease of dairy farms in America. The kind of farms that are decreasing the most are small family dairy farms. One cause is that the government is specifically targeting and forcing small family farms to go out of business. The USDA (United States department of agriculture) actually has a plan to take out small family farms and promote large factory farms. This is not good because factory farms treat animals badly and add lots …show more content…
The UnIted States Department of Agriculture adds more and more regulations every year which makes it much harder to operate. Another thing is when the USDA (United States department of agriculture) adds these laws and regulations it makes it more and more expensive to operate. An average small dairy farmer makes about an average of $65,000 a year and most of that money goes right back into the farm. When they add these regulations, they might want you to improve your farm and that cost lots of money. Lastly the farmer generation is getting older. Nowadays the old farmers children do not want to work on a farm. Some of the children have lived on the farm all their lives and they see how hard it is to make a living or they do not want to do the hard work. Most of their children move to the city to work in an office and then the farmer is stuck farming on his own. The average farmer aged retirement or when the pass it down to their children was 50 to 60 years old now it is 60 to over
Quarter 3
Informational Writing
There are many cause of small family farms decreasing. The causes are the government and the USDA (United States department of agriculture) creating regulations that purposely take out small family farms, therefore these regulations cause extra expenses. and the aging farmer and their children not wanting to take over the farm. There are many causes of the huge decrease of dairy farms in America. The kind of farms that are decreasing the most are small family dairy farms. One cause is that the government is specifically targeting and forcing small family farms to go out of business. The USDA (United States department of agriculture) actually has a plan to take out small family farms and promote large factory farms. This is not good because factory farms treat animals badly and add lots …show more content…
The UnIted States Department of Agriculture adds more and more regulations every year which makes it much harder to operate. Another thing is when the USDA (United States department of agriculture) adds these laws and regulations it makes it more and more expensive to operate. An average small dairy farmer makes about an average of $65,000 a year and most of that money goes right back into the farm. When they add these regulations, they might want you to improve your farm and that cost lots of money. Lastly the farmer generation is getting older. Nowadays the old farmers children do not want to work on a farm. Some of the children have lived on the farm all their lives and they see how hard it is to make a living or they do not want to do the hard work. Most of their children move to the city to work in an office and then the farmer is stuck farming on his own. The average farmer aged retirement or when the pass it down to their children was 50 to 60 years old now it is 60 to over