After visiting Arizona, I headed north to Minnesota. Minnesota is located in the upper Midwest region of the United States (MDC). Dairying is a commercial agricultural activity which involves the raising of livestock for dairy products. Minnesota is responsible for much of the United States’s dairy production, and the state is home to an estimated 3,470 dairy farms. From discussion with multiple dairy farmers, I have gathered that the most important aspect of dairy marketing is identifying your competition and audience. Paying close attention to the details of your dairy products is also key, an in-depth look at your products and what goes into producing them will give you a good understanding of your product’s advantages. It is good to promote facts such as hormone-free feeding for the livestock.
Strengths: industry is not dependent of rainfall, the rate at which milk has been sold has not previously decreased, income is guaranteed every month
Challenges: farmers are gradually being paid less and less for the milk they produce
Tilling With Tess 