Author:
Sarah Donahoe
Long Acres Alpaca Farm, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Publication:
October 15, 2017

Publication:
Long Acres Alpaca Farm

Excerpt:
I live in rural south-central PA, previously one of the top counties in the state for agriculture and most specifically for dairy farms and fruit orchards. Forty years ago, everyone in the dairy business followed the same business plan. Most milked a herd of 150-300 head per day, grew their hay and crops and sold their milk directly to a general buyer. There was a local farm veterinarian that would make calls for milk fever and calvings. Most farmers used the same reliable bull or contracted with a neighbor to use their animal. AI and Frozen Embryos were not part of our everyday vocabulary.

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