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Buyers' Corner Examines Milk Prices and Farmer Costs
A Pennsylvania study in Dauphin County breaks down milk economics by farm size. It shows average cow production of 8442 pounds, costs of 199 dollars for feed, 121 for labor, and 122 for other per cow, yielding 5.23 dollars per cwt. Labor varies with farm size and mechanization drives cost differences. State banking data notes farmer borrowing rising in 1956 with loans from banks, land banks, insurers and credit groups totaling substantial sums.
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