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The largest manufacturer of Swiss cheese in the US is Brewster Dairy, located in Brewster, Ohio.
Illinois farmer Linnea Kooistra expects to keep her 250-cow dairy farm afloat despite a rising tide of red ink caused by a collapse in milk prices, but other U.S. dairy farmers may be forced out of business.
Many of the more than 60,000 dairy farms in the United States have been cutting costs, selling off their cows, or leaving the dairy business altogether as milk prices plummet 35 percent in just the past two months while dairy farm operating costs remain uncomfortably high.
Some farms are losing $200 per head every month.
"We've dealt with 18 percent interest. We've dealt with farm recession. We've dealt with droughts and floods and this is by far the worst economic situation we have ever dealt with in our years of farming," said Kooistra, who has run Kooistra Farms in Woodstock, Illinois, with her husband since 1980.
Originally posted by katfish
reply to post by truthinfact
Please don't worry. I live in St Louis and did not feel a thing. The only quakes I have felt were the Arkansas fracking quakes.
I can also assure you there are steps actively being taken to build up the infrastructure of roads and bridges, esp the ones around hospitals. There are helicopter landing pads in many places near hospitals. Small emergency clinics are being opened locally everywhere (if you live in STL look at all the Mercy clincs in the strip malls).
There are calls out for volunteers on the TV. Our siren system got upgraded, tested and upgraded again.
Instead of panicking, get ready and then help others to get ready. We need volunteers.
Originally posted by Vinny5036
No guys, I'm still watching the thread. I have nothing to new to report. I have not talked to either one of them. It is not uncommon for them to be gone for a month.
All I have been doing is keeping an eye out as I've always done. I don't see any reason to panic. Just business as usual on my end. If and when a big quake rears it's ugly head, I hope to be prepared.
To the one poster:
Yes I was in the Navy, and my health is fine thanks.
No need to get gruff.
Have a great day all!
Originally posted by SahaniWaya
Originally posted by Vinny5036
No guys, I'm still watching the thread. I have nothing to new to report. I have not talked to either one of them. It is not uncommon for them to be gone for a month.
All I have been doing is keeping an eye out as I've always done. I don't see any reason to panic. Just business as usual on my end. If and when a big quake rears it's ugly head, I hope to be prepared.
To the one poster:
Yes I was in the Navy, and my health is fine thanks.
No need to get gruff.
Have a great day all!
Vinny, How the hell did he or she know you were in the Navy? I would watch that one if I were you.
Originally posted by theplu
4.0 quake jolts Missouri this morning. It was apparently felt in 13 states. Might mean something... might mean nothing but it jumped out at me in light of this thread. No reports of major damage... just some shaking.