Low Milk Prices Puts 100-Year-Old Dairy Out of Business

For more than 100 years and three generations, the Rohe dairy farm has been a fixture in Onondaga, N.Y. As of last week, the 800-acre dairy operation closed down. Citing low milk prices that make it difficult to earn a living, Steve and Trish Rohe are now turning to crops, vegetables and beef cattle to help make ends meet. The Rohe's are one of thousands of dairy farmers who have called it quits. In the decade ending in 2009, the number of dairy operations in New York dropped from 8,032 to 5,495. (The Post-Standard) Read more.