My wife's cousin's dairy farm went under in 2018.

“It’s very difficult on an economy of scale with the capital needs and all the environmental regulations and everything else today to survive milking 40, 50, or 60 or even 100 cows,” he said.

She had 110 head on 160 leased acres. They were $11m in debt. They employed everyone in the family and two or three others.

All the cattle went to the butcher. They turned the hearts into bratwurst. It was disgusting.