The average US dairy farm managed to turn a profit just twice since 2000

Production value minus expenses for milk per hundredweight (100lbs) from 1980 to 2021

$15

$10

Two profitable years,

2007 and 2014

$5

$0

–$5

–$10

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

$15

$10

Two profitable years,

2007 and 2014

$5

$0

–$5

–$10

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

$15

$10

Two profitable years,

2007 and 2014

$5

$0

–$5

–$10

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

$15

$10

Two profitable years,

2007 and 2014

$5

$0

–$5

–$10

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

$15

$10

Two profitable years,

2007 and 2014

$5

$0

–$5

–$10

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020