Running a dairy farm isn't easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in ...

It may be home to Ben & Jerry’s Factory Store, but the town’s last three dairy farms were driven out of business.

Running a dairy farm isn’t easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. Photo by Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo) This story was originally published by The Conversation. Milton ...

Elizabeth Eckelkamp receives funding from United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Systems and USDA - The National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Milton Orr looked across ...