Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Running a dairy farm isn't easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall ...

Running a dairy farm isn’t easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. Photo by Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo) This story was originally published by The Conversation. Milton ...

Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40,” Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene ...

Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. "I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40," Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene ...

Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I remember when we had more than 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40,” Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene ...

Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. "I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40," Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene ...