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[Diana]

Here in upstate N.Y., dairy farms are universally family owned. Usually, husband, wife, and kids. I can speak for my family, and the members of N.Y. Farm and Family, and say WE LOVED OUR COWS,....and THEY LOVED US BACK!! I have found this to be true in EVERY instance among the members of our Grange.

I used to live in upstate NY. In a town called Bouckville (I grew up in Verona).

A boyfriend of mine worked on a dairy farm. It was family-owned, but it was very large. They did not treat their cows well. It was all automated—no one "milked" the cows. The brothers that owned it were ruthless a******* (sorry but I did not like them). My boyfriend was horrified one day because he witnessed one of the owners killing a cow in a horrible way which I really don't want to describe.

I'm not trying to argue here, but I don't want the idea to go out that all is well and happy. Even in some family-owned farms, things are not well.