President Biden held a virtual meeting with farmers today to discuss strategies to increase competition and combat rising prices for meat.With bigger farms taking over a larger share of the market overall, many smaller dairy farms are also at a crossroads, where they have to adapt or call it quits.From Milwaukee PBS and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Rick Barrett investigates how some of the smaller farms in central Wisconsin are turning to technology to survive.Dennis and Suzie Roehl are third-generation dairy farmers in Clark County, Wisconsin.Like many others, they have gone through tough economic times.I think our biggest challenge on the farm other than financial is hired help.It's getting people here. It's really tough.And they worry whether their children will be able to or even want to take over the farm.It's a hard job. It's a lot of hours. It's a lot of work, but there's payoff to it.So, I think it's -- we have to adapt to the changes.Kristyn Nigon is the daughter of a farmer who's trying to bring changes to the family farm.After studying dairy science in college, she quit an office job and returned home to help her father run the dairy operation, including milking 72 cows.He's willing to change with the times.He wants to try new things and is smart about it too.
