Unit 5 FRQ: Changes and Challenges in Modern Dairy Farming

Dairy farming is a type of intensive agriculture. In recent decades, dairy farming and the ways in which dairy products are made have changed significantly.

Define intensive agriculture.

Describe the change over time in the numbers and sizes of family-run dairy farms.

Explain how economies of scale are used to maximize profitability in dairy farming.

Explain a recent trend in the location of dairy farms with respect to consumer locations.

Explain ONE way in which a complex commodity chain connects large-scale dairies to consumers.

Explain ONE way in which small-scale dairy farms can specialize to compete with large-scale dairies.

Explain an environmental sustainability problem that results from the production of dairy on large-scale farms.