Will Delta soon have more dairies than Point Mackenzie?
A headline article in Tuesday's online Anchorage Daily News, "Future of dairies in doubt," describes problems which have caused two dairies in Point Mackenzie to close. The story tells of a third operation which may also be closed soon.
According the story, Delta now has three dairies. With the closures down south, soon Alaska will only have five commercial dairies. When we came to Delta in 1984, I believe there were 16 or 17 commercial operations in the state.
Are the local farmers in Delta also facing similar problems? Who are the three dairies? The Fellmans, Paul Knopp, and Jeff Mcnabb?
How would changes in the numbers of local milk cows affect other agricultural-related businesses and operations in Delta? Is the Northern Lights Milk and Ice Cream plant still producing that fine milk and very rich ice cream?
Delta folks... Are the beef cattle farms facing similar problems? What is the basic situation with Delta's other farmers and ranchers. Pleas add your comments to this post.
Thanks Chris Christopherson
According the story, Delta now has three dairies. With the closures down south, soon Alaska will only have five commercial dairies. When we came to Delta in 1984, I believe there were 16 or 17 commercial operations in the state.
Are the local farmers in Delta also facing similar problems? Who are the three dairies? The Fellmans, Paul Knopp, and Jeff Mcnabb?
How would changes in the numbers of local milk cows affect other agricultural-related businesses and operations in Delta? Is the Northern Lights Milk and Ice Cream plant still producing that fine milk and very rich ice cream?
Delta folks... Are the beef cattle farms facing similar problems? What is the basic situation with Delta's other farmers and ranchers. Pleas add your comments to this post.
Thanks Chris Christopherson
posted by Chris at 4/19/2006 11:34:00 AM
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