With the state of milk prices today, we’re happy to see someone trying to help dairy producers and also people in need at the same time. Dairy Herd Management just published another amazing story that I just had to share. Have you heard of the #10GallonChallenge?

Ty Higgins is a farm broadcaster. He developed the ”10 Gallon Challenge” to get milk off the store shelves and into local pantries. “Dairy farmers right now are in the worst position they’ve been in in years and so I thought, ‘How can I help them?'” Higgins said in an interview with We Are Green Bay.

Higgins created a Facebook video that debuted on August 1. Presently, the video has been shared 2,800 times and has 149,000 views. Dairy farmers hope this will help drive the milk price up and make a difference in the lives of those in need. “There’s a lot of milk out there, and it drives the price down, so I don’t think there’s a dairy farmer anywhere around that’s making a lot of money right now,” said Mark Petersen to We Are Green Bay. Petersen is a local dairy farmer. You can read the full article here.

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