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Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Another Maryland Dairy Farm Is Running Dry

FREDERICK — By August, Maryland had lost 10 dairy farms this year. The Hooper family farm in Frederick just joined that group.

Fourth-generation farmer Donald Hooper closed shop last month, ending a dairy operation his great-grandfather James Oliver Hooper began in 1910.

Two brothers, Marshall, 90, and Roland Hooper, 91, ran the farm for many years. Roland’s son, Donald, took over the business.

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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 2, 2012 at 12:06 PM

    So sad to see our dairy farmers walking away. People still drink milk and our suppliers are dwindling. Remember, no farmers, no food!

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  2. lmclainOctober 2, 2012 at 1:10 PM

    Bush's fault again. The only thing obama has done was kill osama. Personally.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 2, 2012 at 1:47 PM

    Big Business takes over, ie. government control over every day staples like milk...

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  4. AnonymousOctober 2, 2012 at 2:58 PM

    Soon Monsanto will produce all of our food --thats the plan and we have lovely First Lady forcing government controlled food supply in schools to help speed the process. 70 years ago Stalin controlled the food supply and STARVED 11 million Ukraine "peasants" he detested. Think it can't happen here?

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  5. AnonymousOctober 2, 2012 at 2:58 PM

    Soon Monsanto will produce all of our food --thats the plan and we have lovely First Lady forcing government controlled food supply in schools to help speed the process. 70 years ago Stalin controlled the food supply and STARVED 11 million Ukraine "peasants" he detested. Think it can't happen here?

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  6. AnonymousOctober 2, 2012 at 2:58 PM


    You can lose 98% of dairy farms. Milk is 2%.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 2, 2012 at 3:37 PM

    Yep, 1:47 is correct. Big Business wants to control every aspect of the food we eat so they make the profit. Anytime a local niche market takes hold, they figure out a way to over regulate to run the small farmer out of business. Regulation is a way to skirt anti trust laws that are in place.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 2, 2012 at 4:55 PM

    lmclain, obama also killed the 4 Americans in Libya. He's too busy playing instead of attending important meetings.

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  9. DaddioOctober 2, 2012 at 6:46 PM

    The gov't has way too many controls on the dairy industry.

    Just TRY and buy some un-processed milk from one of the local farmers. I had one MD dairy farmer tell me he would get in LESS trouble selling me illegal drugs, than if he sold me some REAL milk!!

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  10. AnonymousOctober 2, 2012 at 9:15 PM

    They have lost about 100 Dairy farms in California alone. Once they are gone there is not much of a chance of someone opening another one. The cost is to high.

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