Big Challenges for Small Farms
Jay Daly's entire life has been spent on his family farm. J&J Daly Farm was established in 1850 by Daly's great-great grandfather, John Daly. Small family farms, like Daly’s, are facing big economic challenges. Farming has become less profitable largely because of overproduction. Many small farms have given way to fewer, larger farms. Daly and his wife, Deann, work other jobs to supplement the farm income. Daly hopes to leave the farm to his children one day, and has been having his son, J.J., help with chores. “I don’t want to be the guy to tear the barn down,” Daly said. “I don’t want to be the one to break the chain.”
(For the Telegraph Herald. With reporting from John Kruse)
