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Marginality and uneven development: the decline of dairying in Michigan's north country

Marginality and uneven development: the decline of dairying in Michigan's north country HE AMERICAN DAIRY industry, as in other advanced industrial coun- Davidson: Sociology Depamnent, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W., Australia; Schwarzweller: Sociology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Copyright by the Europcm Society for R u d Sociology Socrologra Ruralu 1995. Vol. XXXV, No. 1. pp. 40-66 farms have less than fifty milk cows (US Census of Agriculture 1987).’ Dairy farms tend to be even smaller in Europe and herds of less than thirty cows are quite common; we estimate that some 91 per cent of the farms in Ireland, 50 per cent in the United Kingdom, 69 per cent in The Netherlands, and 98 per cent in Italy fall within this range (T’ovey 1982; Oskam et al. 1988). But, one should take into account that dairy farming is not simply about cows or the judicious combination of production factors; it ultimately concerns the economic well-being of dairy farm families and the future sustainability of many rural communities. Quantifiable trends in the dairy industry, as in other agricultural sectors, are invariably associated with structural changes occurring in the agricultural and food supply system. Coupled with the US trends toward fewer and larger dairy herds, for utample, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Sociologia Ruralis Wiley

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0038-0199
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HE AMERICAN DAIRY industry, as in other advanced industrial coun- Davidson: Sociology Depamnent, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W., Australia; Schwarzweller: Sociology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Copyright by the Europcm Society for R u d Sociology Socrologra Ruralu 1995. Vol. XXXV, No. 1. pp. 40-66 farms have less than fifty milk cows (US Census of Agriculture 1987).’ Dairy farms tend to be even smaller in Europe and herds of less than thirty cows are quite common; we estimate that some 91 per cent of the farms in Ireland, 50 per cent in the United Kingdom, 69 per cent in The Netherlands, and 98 per cent in Italy fall within this range (T’ovey 1982; Oskam et al. 1988). But, one should take into account that dairy farming is not simply about cows or the judicious combination of production factors; it ultimately concerns the economic well-being of dairy farm families and the future sustainability of many rural communities. Quantifiable trends in the dairy industry, as in other agricultural sectors, are invariably associated with structural changes occurring in the agricultural and food supply system. Coupled with the US trends toward fewer and larger dairy herds, for utample,

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Published: Apr 1, 1995

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