Once a staple in the Red River Valley, dairy farms almost non-existant today

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The death of small dairy in the valley
By Ley Bouchard Grandpa and Jimmy tried to teach me to milk cows.
What happened to the small town creameries in the Hand milking took a special skill. One had to be gentle
Red River Valley over the last fifty years? yet firm. Rough handling and the cow would kick up
As a young girl growing up in the Red River Valley, and you’d get its knee in your face unless you had really
I remember Goldie — a Jersey cow; she had big brown, fast reflexes! Place the clean, stainless steel bucket under
kind eyes and a reddish-brown coat. She could produce the cow’s udder, or place it between your knees as you
milk like no other. We loved Goldie; she was our family are stooped under the cow, if you are very brave and
pet, heck, we even rode her. She provided extra cash for coordinated. Your hands had to be placed each on one
the household; with Goldie’s milk, we churned butter teat. In a rhythmic pattern, I was to pull down with one
in a hand-cranked, two-gallon glass churn. We sold the hand while gently but firmly squeezing the teat, feeling
milk and cream we didn’t use to the Halstad Creamery a for the thin vein through which the milk was expressed.
couple times a week. While one hand squeezed, the other had to push up on
Most towns back then had their own creameries. The the udder, find that small vein in preparation for the
small towns relied on the small enterprises and the small downward squeeze which came in the next half-second,
businesses needed hardware stores and drug stores, doc- back and forth, up and down, with both hands in cyclical
tors and other professionals to thrive; going 30-40 miles the milk to the creamery and during the month would rhythm, I continued until the teats were literally milked
for a needed bolt or widget was not possible or practical. build up credit. They would buy eggs at theE crveameeryn, dmry. I noeverr beeca mre equitae psrofiociennt ins sp eed to warrant
What happened to all the small dairy farms? They and at the end of the month they would get paid for their
were mom and pop operations in the early 20th century. milk minus what eggs or other items they got.” to dCroinvtineue dc oan praegef 9ully
My grandparents, Rachel and John Storsved, lived in I remember Grandpa John
rural Hendrum and operated a small dairy farm run- milking cows. He would go out
ning between 10-12 head with the help of their children. in the morning, usually with
Grandpa died in 1962 and after his death, the milk cows Uncle Jimmy, early, before sun-
soon left also. rise and they would also milk at
dusk. The farms cats would gath-
er round for squirts of milk from
“The creameries even started pickup service
the cow’s teat. One or both would
on Tuesday and Thursday, Storsved said
often show me how they played
but before that, “Grandma Gertrude took the
the squirt game with the cats.
cream to town in the buggy.”
Of course, before any pulling on
teats, one had to wash them in
Dick Storsved, aka John R. Storsved, Jr., remembers his warm soapy water and check for
dad enjoyed milking. “All farms had milk cows: they took injury or infection.
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a permanent milking position at the Storsved farm, but But that was then. Now economies of scale, genetics,
as a granddaughter I was nonetheless welcome. I never and “progress” have impacted the dairy farmer. Much
did get kicked in the head. Most people no longer milk like the crop farmer, industrialization and innovations in Q: What is an acceptable rate of
by hand. methods changed the way small towns and small farms
do business. return on investment (ROI) for
Hunter Grain Company According to a national census by the United States
farmland investors?
Hunter and Gardner, Department of Agriculture, in 1950 there were about 3.5
North Dakota million farms with milking cows. By 2012, that number
Farmland investors look for a 4% - 5% annual
had plummeted to 58,000.”
Propane, Propane tank rental, An interesting chain of events came together to cause return on their farmland.
Fertilizer, Seed, Grain Marketing, the elimination of small dairy farms of the Mom and Pop
Let us use an example of farmland sold at the
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Milk Producers Association, in a 2011 interview for the
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“That changes depending upon volatility. Farmers are
$15.00 / Acre Tax Rate = $95.00 / Acre
paid on a 100 pound. Farmers receive $15 per 100 pound.”
In spite of the years, inflation, economic fluctuations,
A 4% ROI is common in today’s land market, and
milk prices have remained stable. In May 2017, The Daily
Dairy Report provided a price of $15.32 cwt (hundred in the example above, the investor would need
weight). $95.00 per acre rent to reach the desired 4% ROI.
Betty Berning, a member of the University of Minnesota
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while at the same time continuing to farm
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