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Pennsylvania dairy leaders cite labor, vet access and higher input costs as top risks to farm continuity
Summary
Glenn Gurell, president of the Pennsylvania Dairymen's Association, told legislators that labor shortages, rising electricity and input costs, fewer large-animal veterinarians and weather-driven feed shortfalls are squeezing dairy margins and complicating succession for new producers.
Glenn Gurell, president of the Pennsylvania Dairymen's Association and a dairy operator in Bradford County, told the Agriculture & Rural Affairs hearing that dairy farms face a convergence of challenges—including tight labor markets, costly H-2A guest-worker requirements, fewer large-animal veterinarians and weather-related feed losses—that threaten production and farm succession.
Gurell described the mechanics of labor pressures: "Domestic labor has not kept up. Farms have turned to Hispanic labor to bridge the gap," he said, adding…
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